The interpretation of what the mark of the beast is has been around for a long time and i no longer hold to the main stream view for the below reason.
1. when i was hooked into this about 20 years ago, many christian teachers had very logical arguments in their explanations on what the mark is and what it looks like but their was no unity amongst these teachings. not only that many cults also held the same view. How can these cults who deny Christs authority have the same revelation? This is because scripture is a stumbling block to theologians and a corner stone to spirit filled believers.
Paul talks about the Marks of Christ which are physical and spiritual this is the same for the marks for the beast. You can tell who a christian is by their marks. self-sacrificing for the gospel of Christ, the mark of the beast just means man (6), man (6), man(6) meaning Man believing he is God. You can tell what your marks are by looking back at your life and see who you have suffered for, yourself or Christ
A christian man standing up in the media today for the Gospel of Christ is ridiculed, verbally abused taunted, slandered and rejected by his peers. the only reason you would do this is because he believes in Christ. Many politicians will not stand up against gay marriage because of the onslaught it will bring to them and their political party meaning this is for their own selves and not Christ.
If we are to look at the vaccine issue then we must look at it all in its entirety. Yes the vaccine was created by cells of aborted babies in the 1950's as it is the only way they could grow the virus to create the vaccine. I don't like the idea but it saved thousands of lives and still does to this day. so if you do not take the vaccine for this reason then you need to also not use other drugs that where also created from aborted baby cells such as various heart pills, arthritis drugs, cancer drugs, some cosmetic products. they have also been used in the development of Nestles, Pepsi, Craft, Cadbury, American all spice.
Then we must also take into account that most medicines and products have been tested on 100's of thousands of animals in the most cruelest torture. even when dr's where looking for cures with cancer they let cancer patients die so they could test what was happening.
All main stream chickens in Australia is sacrificed for Islam and 60% of meat. this is not advertised but this means that without the grace of God my children cannot eat any meats in this country.
These are conscience issues and each as important as the other so if we make the stance in one area such as vaccines then you also need to make the stance in the other areas as well otherwise you will be hypocrite.
to me it brings up the lessons Jesus showed in the bible were he is accused of breaking the law
Math 12:11 "And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
Luke 14:5 "And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
Jesus is pointing out that legalism has no compassion or Grace where as Jesus came to free us from the law through Grace. All people that are truly saved and love the lord with all their heart are my brothers and sisters in Christ and it serves no point to argue these issues as it only calls for division, the reason i say this is because when the holy spirit is working on individuals in a forum all parties, learn and grow in different ways as "Iron Sharpens iron" when this is not the case and people stay firm in their ideas with out growth and are willing to fight tooth and nail to win. the holy spirit is not working in the midst.