Biometric cards and implants with RFID (arphid) chips raising objections from religious

Bruce Sterling commented on this article in Wired recently. Will the invasion of our personal spaces, whether we are thinking "privacy rights" or "mark of the beast" be a uniting factor between libertarians, constitutional rights advocates, and Christian evangelicals?

The RFID (arphid) is just a radio frequency technical gadget, right? Or is it more? My biggest worry is that the standards for the ID chip being put into American's ID cards (passports, state IDs) is from Walmart. "I buy, therefore I am?"

It is a small device
which is about the size of a grain of rice. It is a new development
which eliminates the necessity of using currency or credit cards. It is
already being used by the wealthy as a tool to help prevent kidnapping.
You will use it for it’s advantages and to help prevent fraud and
identity theft. MOTOROLA (an Israeli Company) is the one producing the
microchip for MONDEX SMARTCARD. They developed several implants for
humans using the “Bio-chip.” The “bio-chip” measures 7mm of length and
0.075mm wide, as large as a grain of rice. It contains a transponder
and a rechargeable Lithium battery. The battery is recharged by a
thermocouple circuit that produces an electrical current with the
fluctuation of body temperature. from Ghanaweb.com