Ive heard compelling arguments that taking the mark means to pray to or worship. So the mark of the beast is simply worshiping the beast, it's a long story but lets say if that's true:
Well these alien fanatics say the way the aliens work is by meditation and telapathy, and to communicate with them you do this
CE 5 mediation thing.
But then again im like, wait meditation is what prayer is, and
if prayer is the mark of the beast... meditating to connect to the aliens is... oh no!
Like the way the alien cult describes the entire meditation/communication/goal of thhe aliens I'm thinking is 1:1 what the mark and accepting the antichrist is in dispensationalism.
2 spooky 4 me