Hand or Head: Where would you like your mark?

[CapelDodger]

A thought occurred to me. When the whole mark of the beast thing was written, was there any historical precedent for putting marks on one group of people to distinguish them from another group? Where did John get the idea that someone might go around marking?

I got nothing. The thought never struck me. I guess I'm a bit number-struck. But yeah, screw the number, what's the "mark" thing about? Is it like dipping your finger in dye to show you've voted, or what?

 

[brodski]

I got nothing. The thought never struck me. I guess I'm a bit number-struck. But yeah, screw the number, what's the "mark" thing about? Is it like dipping your finger in dye to show you've voted, or what?

Well, Judaism and Islam both practice "marking" their males partly to distinguish them from others. Its just not on the hand or the for head.

And isn't (usually) quite as public.