British Government Tests Public Appetite for Identity Cards
The U.K. government will invite opinions from politicians, interest groups, the police and legal authorities on the introduction of a type of identity card. :: This Bloomberg report is submitted for your mark of the beast (Rev 13:16-18) files. :: I don't think ID cards are the mark of the beast, of course, it's just all part of the trend. The real problem with an identity card (at least for Americans) is that it smacks of the fascist/totalitarian state demanding to see your papers. It implies conditional citizenship granted by the authority and generosity of the state. The state gives and the state can take away - identity, property, freedom...life. However, in the United States we believe that citizenship is by virtue of birth in America and not granted by the state, and that rights are from God, not the state. Both are core beliefs that elevate the status of the individual at the expense of state power. For the state to issue a document or card that you must have in order to claim your inalienable rights flies in the face of those two beliefs.