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This question come up a lot: “Is Bitcoin the mark of the beast?”

It’s a real concern for many people, especially in religious communities. And it’s worth talking about calmly, without laughing at anyone or talking past each other.

So let’s slow down and look at it plainly.

First things first: they’re not even in the same category

The mark of the beast it is religious.
It’s about worship, allegiance, and submission to an authority.

Bitcoin it is money.
That’s it.

Bitcoin don’t ask you to believe in anything. It don’t care who you pray to, what religion you belongs to, or whether you’re religious at all. It’s just a tool people use to send, receive and store value—like cash, cattle, or gold, just in digital form.

Using Bitcoin don’t mean accepting a belief system.

The mark is about control — Bitcoin it isn’t

One of the biggest themes around the mark of the beast is control:

Someone decide who can buy and sell

Obedience it's required

Participation it's forced

Bitcoin it works the opposite way.

There’s no boss. No headquarters. No office to complain to. No one who can wakes up and decide, “You’re banned.”

You chooses to use Bitcoin—or you don’t. No one can force it on you, and no one can lock you out of it either.

Nobody is forcing you to use Bitcoin

The mark of the beast it isn’t optional. It’s imposed.

Bitcoin it can’t be imposed.

If you try it and doesn’t like it, you can walk away.

That alone it should tell us something.

If anything look scary, it’s centralized systems

Ironically, the systems that actually decides who can buys and sells already exist:

Systems that can be frozen

Systems that needs you to ask for permission first

Systems that can be shut off with a click

Full surveillance of people's activities.

That kind of power lives in centralized systems, not in Bitcoin.

Bitcoin it don’t give anyone more control. It takes control away from institutions and puts that power of freedom and responsibility back into the people’s hands.

Bitcoin doesn’t replace God

Bitcoin doesn’t save anyone.
It doesn’t promise heaven.
It doesn’t tell you how to live.

It just fixes a broken system.

You can believe in God, and decide to use Bitcoin or not. You can reject Bitcoin, and still remains believing in God or not. There’s no spiritual test attached.

So, what is Bitcoin really?

Bitcoin is:

  • Voluntary
  • Decentralized
  • Neutral
  • Open and Just money

The mark of the beast is about forced allegiance and centralized power.

They’re not the same thing. Not even close.

Bitcoin is not the mark of the beast.
It’s just a tool—and one that gives people more choice, not less.

If you try it and doesn’t like it, you can walk away.

Excellent post, the only thing I disagree with is this: if someone tries Bitcoin and then decides not to use it, it's simply because they don't understand it yet, they haven't studied Bitcoin or government money enough.

Good luck and thanks for sharing these thoughts. 🤝🤠

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Thanks for mentioning that.
The same with those who don't understand how the legacy systems works, they tend to remain loyal to such ignorantly.

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The same with those who don't understand how the legacy systems works, they tend to remain loyal to such ignorantly.

Exactly! 🤝🤠

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