Quote Originally Posted by PureEvil760
The mark of the beast story was distorted to scare people away from experiencing spiritual mastery therefore having better control over the masses, the mark of the beast is acctually the mark of mastery. Plus i dont think people would go for that unless jesus himself made that law.
This actually has a good deal of truth. Christian sects have suppressed many forms of self-exploration, including entheogenic mental exploration, meditation, magic, polytheism, and nature-based spirituality. All these things have been declared "evil" and creators of states of mind that let the devil take control.