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[ctrlfrk]

How's that for a member number?

[OverrideB1]

It's a sign I tells ya, a sign....

[silentnight]

"Begone ye spawn of Satan!!!" *pulls out a silver cross and holds it out in a measly attempt to ward off evil* "Ow ow ow ow ow" *drops cross and tenderly holds burnt hand* "...was that supposed to happen?"  

[Axle Gear]

I have to say in my defense:

LOL!

[JimmyJ]

Where is the cheesy horror music when you need it ; )

[JT]

I've never quite understood what the whole significance of the "let it be known that the demon's number is 666" was.  I think the apostles just chose what they figured was a higher number than anyone could count to. =P

[Slartibartfast]

quote:Originally posted by JT:
<STRONG>I've never quite understood what the whole significance of the "let it be known that the demon's number is 666" was.  I think the apostles just chose what they figured was a higher number than anyone could count to. =P</STRONG>

Then there are the references to Nero and the roman empire.

[LordBucket]

Rev 13: 17-18
  "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

My favorite explanation is that it's a reference to the guard bars in UPC codes.

If you look at the UPC code on anything you buy, you'll see a pair of thin lines in the middle and on either side. These lines correspond to a "6" in the code, when that six appears on the right side of the code. Since codes may be read in either direction, they designed left and right differently. A 6 to the left of the middle looks different than a 6 to the right of the middle. But, that matches the mark that appears on the "right" hand. The way a scanner reads the code, there is extra "white space" necessary to construct a six, but if you visually look at it, you wouldn't notice the difference. Also interesting is the name of the original creator of the system, George Joseph Laurer: His first, middle and last names all have six letters in them.

[Cerej]

The number 666 is a reference to Nero, and they have the translation errors to prove it.

No additional speculation is needed.

[LordBucket]

What...don't you smooth the walls of your barracks? That's not necessary either.

Five minutes on google suggests that the translation error you're referring to is a copy that turned up showing the number 616 instead of 666, and that the connection to Nero is primarily a Catholic view, and it's done by transliterating "Nero Caesar" into Hebrew, and ignoring one of the Jewish numerology rules.

Or are you referring to something else?

(I think my version was more synchronous. Certainly more entertaining. )

[Narushima]

"The beast" doesn't refer to Lucifer, but to Baphomet, the beast of the Apocalypse.
666 is not the number of Lucifer.
And "Satan" is a rank in angel's hierarchy, by the way.

[ April 17, 2007: Message edited by: Narushima ]

[JT]

Wow.  Way more information than I was concerned about, being a heathen atheist, but thanks anyway. ;-)

[ctrlfrk]

I doubt you would be much of an atheist after i've eaten your soul!   :mad:

[JT]

What soul? =P

[herrbdog]

I got soul! I'm goin' dancin! EAT THIS!