Pat Robertson Fears E-cash?
A Foxhole-atheist swears Pat Robertson said last night that his new book warns of a "digital cash society" and massive theft by cyber-criminals. Did any believer hear this, or know if this is what he prognosticates for e-cash bedevilment?
On Tue, 1 Aug 1995, John Young wrote:
A Foxhole-atheist swears Pat Robertson said last night that his new book warns of a "digital cash society" and massive theft by cyber-criminals. Did any believer hear this, or know if this is what he prognosticates for e-cash bedevilment?
I saw him on the 700 club about a year ago WRT this topic. As far as I can recall, the above accurately sums up his position. (The reason he really cares has to do with that "Number of the Beast" stuff in Revelations) Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu> (410) 494-3253 Visit my home page at http://www.goucher.edu/~jlasser/ You have a friend at the NSA: Big Brother is watching. Finger for PGP key.
I believe that Pat Robertson is not aware of the privacy-enhancing capabilities of e-cash. In a probabilistic sense, he may well be right. Nathan
On Wed, 2 Aug 1995, Nathan Zook wrote:
I believe that Pat Robertson is not aware of the privacy-enhancing capabilities of e-cash. In a probabilistic sense, he may well be right.
Not true. In the 700 Club transcript I have, David Chaum is interviewed, and the blinded digital cash he has invented is portrayed in a very positive light, as a way of enabling digital cash and avoiding the prophesies of Relevation. There are more fundamentalist Christians involved in the crypto movement than you realize. -- Michael Handler | Cypherpunks: Civil Liberty through Complex Mathematics handler@sub-rosa.com | grendel@netaxs.com | "Let me ride on the Frankfort El, one more time..." Philadelphia, PA |
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