[Schneider]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', 'W')atched some football. Saw an ad for Visa, I think.

Long conga line of people happily swiping their cards. Things are great.

Then Joe Ahole gets to the register and takes out two tired bills.

The line crashes to halt, and Joe is given the evil eye.

[JustinFrankl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Doly', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndDays', '"')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. And 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." (Revelation 13:16-17)

Written over 1900 years ago.