So . . . you think this is a possibility? The idea has been turning over in my head for a while now. It has everything:
1. Made by man in his own image.
2. Submitted to by man as his god.
3. Obedient service as unto an idol.
4. Amoral and, thus, anti-Christ.
5. Merciless and ruthless.
6. Absolute control.
7. Capable of ultimate destruction.
8. Soul-less.
9. Numeric basis (666?)
10. Buying and selling control.
11. Reads or scans marks.
12. Cares nothing about irony.
On and on and on. Makes sense to me but not at the level of doctrine.
Pretty weird, though . . . and more reasonable than a lot of speculative woolgathering I've heard in my day.