I seriously can't understand how people could think a random vaccine could somehow be the Mark of the Beast. Like, what if the flu shot I recently had was secretly something nefarious??? How is this different than the flu shot? This pandemic is driving people insane!

I think another factor that might come in for some people is the notion that it reflects a lack of faith. In one theology Facebook group I'm in yesterday, a man was saying that he believes that buying insurance is antibiblical for that reason. (This sounds like a Word of Faith type of theology.)

Faith doesn't mean you don't take precautions!

Sadly its not only Christians holding this view, some are also tied into the Qanon nonsense to some Christians even entertain that movement. In addition some who espouse this stuff are trying to give medical advice but have no basic understanding about medicine. Also many Natural Health sites are taking advantage on people's fears, go to some of their sites and you will see them selling tonics and other so called cures at high prices while at the same time claiming to be against modern medicine which they claim is all about money.

There is a rumor that Bill Gates is putting tracking chips in the vaccine so he can control people and only people with the chip can buy anything. It's really weird.

It started because Bill Gates and MIT really are working on some sort of quantom-dot tattoo that would allow doctors to track what vaccines you have had. https://www.sciencealert.com/an-invi...accinated-kids

So now Bill Gates is the Beast and the vaccine is the mark of the beast

Things like this and all of the debacle over DND Pokemon and the like were a part of why for years I never really considered looking into christianity.