A side note: This may sound strange, but in Christian scripture (the book of Revelation), two predictions (prophecies) are made about end times. 1] Everyone will be coerced to accept a "mark" of some kind on their hand or forehead in order to "buy or sell" — in other words, in order to transact any business of any kind. Those who accept it will be rejected by God; those who refuse it will be saved. 2] At some point, a large number of practicing Jews will suddenly recognize Jesus Christ as their Jewish messiah, and convert to Christianity.

Here's what I find interesting: Perhaps a deep antipathy towards tattoos buried in their cultural psyche will — at the last minute — cause some Jewish people to reject a mark (or tattoo) based on their Jewish identity, and at this point be saved from a one-world leader.

Maybe God's Jewish law against tattoos is there for a very good reason.

So freaking true. If the litany of contemporary secular society is "think for yourself" then the only true radical is one who submits to tradition.