The Coming Cashless Society By Thomas Ice

Emerging developments in microchip computer technology are now testing the public's willingness to embrace the concept of a cashless society. Could this be a final stepping stone to the mark of the beast? What should Christians watch for? This intriguing study examines what the Bible says about a cashless society and answers how Christians should evaluate the new technology explosion. The Coming Cashless Society

Thomas Ice ñ 2 Review

I grew up with a steady diet of premillenial dispensational theology. This is one of the types of books that I would have read and swallowed wholesale, believing that what we saw in the news was verification enough that we were on the right track. However, when I went to seminary and learned more about how to study the Bible inductively I no longer could believe this theology in the same way I used to. As a matter of fact, when I read this book I did so with argument in mind.

I certainly disagree with some of the logical leaps and Biblical hermeneutics employeed by the authors. They rightly point out some of the dangers of our digital age. This book was written in 1996, and it is interesting to see many of the technologies that they were discussing as being on the horizon now being used everyday. I also appreciate that they pull back from the warnings of many dispensationalists. They say repeatedly that technology is not evil. It only enables power which can be used for good or for evil.

Many non-Christian writers have warned against the dangers inherent in advanced technology, Huxley and Orwell to name but two, so this discussion isn't just a biblical one. The authors of this book assume a certain reading of the future and make a light case for it using the cherry-pick method which would probably not convince a skeptic, nor someone with a contrary view of the interpretation of the prophetic material in the Bible.

So all in all...they had many good, if outdated at this point, things to say about the dangers and virtues of advancing technology. But then they take this discussion and say our advancement towards a possibly cashless society is a sign of the end times. But ultimately this doesn't get them very far because they don't land on any predictions about what this technocrocy will have to look like. I think these authors are on the wrong track. Rather than focusing on possible end time scenarios, they should be pointing to the dangers of money and comfort on the lives of disciples--just like Jesus did. There are real dangers of money, power, and control but these have been the same dangers throughout history. English It was fun to read this book from the mid-90's today & see how some of the things they predicted have actually come into fruition. They couldn't have even imagined tablets & smartphones & such! English I purchased this book way back in the 90's when it first came out.
It's amazing to see how many things have come to pass that the book talks about almost 20yrs ago.

This is a must read for everyone so they can at least know what we're dealing with in these shaky financial times. English