Manc Posted May 2, 2005 The TRUE mark of the beast has perhaps been uncovered: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=634679 This would devoid every conspiratorial thing that resulted in a "666" type conclusion (moreso than they already are imo). EDIT: I know there has been previous research regarding the real "number of the beast", but this article caught my eye so I'm posting it. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted May 2, 2005 Mancubus II said: This would devoid every conspiratorial thing that resulted in a "666" type conclusion (moreso than they already are imo). No it wouldn't, since, if someone had thought 666 is an evil magical number and they'd somehow used it in their malevolent scheme, this newer find wouldn't matter. In any case, tomorrow's villains could use 616 if they were to care at all about archeological finds. 0 Share this post Link to post
fodders Posted May 2, 2005 While most manuscripts of the Bible read six-hundred-sixty-six or 666 for the Number of the Beast in verse 18, some early manuscripts contain 616 instead. Codex C (5th century), Papyrus 115 (3rd or 4th century), and some copies of Irenaeus's works have 616. 668 is "the Neighbour of the Beast"; there are at least two folk songs on this topic. Additional quips suggest that 1-888-666-6666 is "the Toll-Free Number of the Beast", $665.99 is "the Retail Price of the Beast", 00666 is "the ZIP Code of the Beast", 0.666 is "the Number of the Millibeast", 6.5013 is "the Natural Logarithm of the Beast", Route 666 is "the Highway of the Beast", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast_(numerology) 0 Share this post Link to post
The Flange Peddler Posted May 2, 2005 Somebody linked to an interesting (and amusing) pdf article in the thread about the Pope, and it has this to say about the iconic number and the coming of the beast: 'The beast is Antichrist and the number of his name is 666. Antichrist’s name will have six letters in his first name, six letters in his middle name, and six letters in his last name. Antichrist’s name will have a total of 18 letters, divided evenly between his first, middle, and last names... ...Other ancient authorities read 616. Both of these numbers, 666 and 616, are intended by God to signify the name of Antichrist. As is the custom, people often use their middle initial in place of their middle name. So the number 616 stands for the six letters of Antichrist’s first name, the one letter of his middle initial, and the six letters of his last name. This interpretation is simple and clear; it works for both versions of the number of his name. Another confirmation that this is the correct interpretation is the total number of letters in Antichrist’s name. With his middle initial in place of his middle name, Antichrist’s name has 13 letters. With all the letters of his middle name, his name has 18 letters. The verse which gives the numbers 616 and 666 is Rev 13:18.' Well of course all this just *HAS* to be true... Although on second thoughts this same guy also predicted our new pope to be black. 0 Share this post Link to post
Manc Posted May 2, 2005 myk said:No it wouldn't, since, if someone had thought 666 is an evil magical number and they'd somehow used it in their malevolent scheme, this newer find wouldn't matter. In any case, tomorrow's villains could use 616 if they were to care at all about archeological finds. Perhaps I should re-explain myself. The types of "666 conclusions" I'm referring to are, for example: "if you take john doe's birthyear, divide it by the population of texas, add the ages of your two siblings, multiply by 2. It equals 666 so john doe is the devil!" This is what I mean, not those that tattoo 666 on their arms or wave it on a flag as representation of "the mark of the beast". 0 Share this post Link to post
Bucket Posted May 3, 2005 Awesome; my three names each have seven letters. I'm the savior! While I don't see much explained to come to this conclusion (other than that someone wrote it a long time ago), it's certainly interesting. Maybe I'll adopt it. More interesting is the fact that the High Priest of the Church of Satan admits to being more interested in instilling fear into Christians than following the works of a supposedly fallen angel. 0 Share this post Link to post
gatewatcher Posted May 3, 2005 "By using 666 we're using something that the Christians fear. Mind you, if they do switch to 616 being the number of the beast then we'll start using that." Heh. 0 Share this post Link to post
deathbringer Posted May 3, 2005 Dont forget the CAR OF THE BEAST: http://www.ark666y.com/ I might be buying one of those tomorrow, well, looking at it at least. Ghost probably not included 0 Share this post Link to post
fodders Posted May 3, 2005 deathbringer said:Dont forget the CAR OF THE BEAST: http://www.ark666y.com/ I might be buying one of those tomorrow, well, looking at it at least. Ghost probably not included Or MY car of the beast http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fodders/wads/LPIC0150.JPG 0 Share this post Link to post
Infinite Ammunition Posted May 3, 2005 fodders said:Or MY car of the beast http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fodders/wads/LPIC0150.JPG FODDERS IS THE FUTURE 0 Share this post Link to post
gemini09 Posted May 6, 2005 fodders said:...$665.99 is "the Retail Price of the Beast"... HAHA 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted May 6, 2005 fodders said:Ok, I cannot set the date on my camera :P Old man! You're supposed to be smart! ^_^ 0 Share this post Link to post
OldMan Posted May 6, 2005 Where I was born, western lower peninsula of Michigan, our area code was 616. This new information may now explain why life was like hell while living there... 0 Share this post Link to post
Infinite Ammunition Posted May 6, 2005 fodders said:$665.99 is "the Retail Price of the Beast" wait... dollars? 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted May 6, 2005 What the Hell? How is this new? My Bible (copyright 1952) states that a lot of old manuscripts said it was 616, but they left it as 666 to match with everyone else. I've known this for quite a while. That being said, here's an old avatar of mine: 0 Share this post Link to post
Xenophon Posted May 6, 2005 Infinite Ammunition said:wait... dollars? Yeah, dollars. You don't know that dollars are the currency of SATAN, do you? :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Graf Zahl Posted May 6, 2005 Hmm, I always thought that 666 was just 999 upside down which is the real number of the Beast. :D 0 Share this post Link to post
fodders Posted May 6, 2005 No. 999 is the number of the emergency services in the UK, similar to 911, but without the towers :) 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted May 7, 2005 Mancubus II said: Perhaps I should re-explain myself. The types of "666 conclusions" I'm referring to are, for example: "if you take john doe's birthyear, divide it by the population of texas, add the ages of your two siblings, multiply by 2. It equals 666 so john doe is the devil!" But why consider that? It's irrelevant, since only inbred weirdoes believe things like that... and if they want to, they'll still do so regardless the finds. The only relevance is if said number has been used in some real conspiracy, for either fancy, mockery, or aditional terror. But in such an instance the use of the number depends on the fact that its part of the preexisting common imagination, where the cultural past is relevant, and not any incidential bookwormly finds. Perharps soon we'll have some psycho or serial killer using 616 systematically in some sickly way, just to prove to the world it's the real number of the beast. But really, lets say the true number of the beast is 666 anyway. In Hell it's all spelled improperly! 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted May 7, 2005 fodders said:No. 999 is the number of the emergency services in the UK, similar to 911, but without the towers :) This was designed specifically to kill off people with rotary phones. 0 Share this post Link to post
kc32 Posted May 19, 2005 Maybe it is 616. Topeka, Kansas (Zip 66601) seems ok to me. 0 Share this post Link to post
XXoXX Posted May 22, 2005 Hell, the Chinese think that 666 is a lucky number. Frankly i dont really see any power/evil to no. 666 or 616. 0 Share this post Link to post
TwinBeast Posted May 22, 2005 XXoXX said:Hell, the Chinese think that 666 is a lucky number. Aha... This sounds interesting. I read from some science magazine extra, that 616 and 666 came from some Nero Ceasar and depening if you write the name Nrwn Qsr or just Nrw Qsr or something in that way.. you'll get 616 or 666 depending which way his name was written in hebrew. 0 Share this post Link to post
deathbringer Posted May 24, 2005 Topeka, Kansas (Zip 66601) seems ok to me. You ought to see some of the stuff written by its most famous resident 0 Share this post Link to post
kc32 Posted May 27, 2005 Oh yeah. Forgot about that idiot. I drove by his church a couple years ago for a graduation and people were holding signs saying "God hates fags" and stuff like that. For those of you who don't know, his name's Fred Phelps. Look him up sometime. 0 Share this post Link to post