Mark of the beast lawsuit by Amish

[Jean Dudley]

A careful examination of the quoted text reveals that it is specific  
to human beings, both the recipients of the mark and the originator:   
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and  
bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:  
17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or  
the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom.  
Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it  
is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and  
six."

Personally, while I am definitely familiar with the text, I am at a  
loss how the Amish can stretch it to include RFID chips in their  
cattle.  Not withstanding, however, I don't think that biblical  
interpretation is at question here.  The pertinent  questions are "Is  
Michigan requiring the implementation of RFID tags in cattle, and, if  
so, are the Amish exempt from the requirement under Michigan  
religious freedom law?"

Jean


On Nov 14, 2008, at Fri, Nov 14,  11:33 AM, David E. Guinn wrote:

> The "mark of the beast" is drawn from Revelations 13:16-18 and  
> refers to Satan's mark (666).
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> David E. Guinn, JD, PhD
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> From: jean.dudley at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: Mark of the beast lawsuit by Amish
> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:23:10 -0800
> To: religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
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> Getting my grammatical pedant on:  Shouldn't that be "mark in (or  
> on) the beast"?
>
> As for references to Smith and Twombly, I'm in the utter dark.  I'm  
> just a photographer, after all.
> On Nov 14, 2008, at Fri, Nov 14,  11:10 AM, Marc Stern wrote:
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> Plainly the use of id's on cattle is a mark of the beast.
> I am  puzzled by Professor Masinter's s reference to Twombly-i  
> don't see the relevance of the reference.
> Marc Stern
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> From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw- 
> bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Marty Lederman
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 2:03 PM
> To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics
> Subject: Re: Mark of the beast lawsuit by Amish
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> Complaint:
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> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/files/satanfiling.pdf
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> DOJ Brief:
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> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/files/beast.pdf
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> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Jean Dudley  
> <jean.dudley at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/bush-administra.html
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>  From the Wired article:  "The Amish farmers claim  Michigan
> regulations requiring them to use radio frequency identification
> devices on their cattle "constitutes some form of a 'mark of the
> beast' and/or represents an infringement of their 'dominion over
> cattle and all living things' in violation of their fundamental
> religious beliefs," according to the farmers' lawsuit filed in
> September in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia."
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jean
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