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09/29/2005 01:58:12 PM · #1 |
My comments received just went to 666 !!!
gulp...eeek :-O
Someone, please, help me
:-P
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09/29/2005 02:03:35 PM · #2 |
Somebody was quick it just went to 667
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09/29/2005 02:08:04 PM · #3 |
Whew!! I just got a comment on a challenge entry.
...how fortuitous :-P
Thanks folks for your attention and concern. I feel better now :-P
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09/29/2005 02:08:48 PM · #4 |
| Recent recalculations have determined the number to be 616 anyway ... |
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09/29/2005 02:14:01 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Recent recalculations have determined the number to be 616 anyway ... |
Not according to Iranaeus... |
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09/29/2005 02:16:59 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Recent recalculations have determined the number to be 616 anyway ... |
Number of the beast, or my comments? :-O
:-P
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09/29/2005 02:17:07 PM · #7 |
| Well, either way, the crisis point seems to have been traversed without mishap : ) |
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09/29/2005 02:18:40 PM · #8 |
Yes, it was a close one, but we made it through it :-D
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09/29/2005 02:19:10 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Well, either way, the crisis point seems to have been traversed without mishap : ) |
Yeah, no need to worry, Nero...um...oops...uh...I mean taterbug.
*awkward silence while fire crackles in background* |
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09/29/2005 02:33:32 PM · #10 |
What are the letters of the beast?
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09/29/2005 02:38:51 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Travis99:
What are the letters of the beast? |
b-e-a-s-t
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09/29/2005 02:39:02 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Travis99:
What are the letters of the beast? |
A.C.L.U. (according to much of the "religious right", I'm sure) |
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09/29/2005 02:46:33 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Travis99:
What are the letters of the beast? |
Actually it is the Number of the Beast, and according to some....that biblical number associated with the end times is 666. According to many bible scholars, this number actually refers to the Number of Man as written in Daniel. However, throughout much of history, it has been associated with Satan/Lucifer/Anti-Christ. Some Christians teach and believe that the "mark" of the beast is a tattoo on the forehead or palm that will be required during the endtimes for any monetary transactions to take place. Several anti-social types (like hard core 1% bikers) embrace the 666 "mark of the beast" and incorporate it into their tattoos, insignia, and other related artifacts.
It is however the product of hollywood and others less inclined to the true heritage of a thing, that have promoted much of the current mythology surrounding the "number/mark" of the Beast. The book of Daniel might be a good place to start your research should you be so inclined.
Others, simply discard the mythology, due to any number of personal factors/beliefs.
Flash
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09/29/2005 02:46:41 PM · #14 |
Alternative numbers
While most manuscripts of the Bible read six-hundred-sixty-six or 666 for the Number of the Beast in Revelation 13:18, some early manuscripts contain 616 instead. Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (5th century) and Papyrus 115 (3rd or 4th century). Irenaeus knew about the reading 616, but according to Metzger, Bruce M. (1971) A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, New York: United Bible Societies. ISBN 3-438-06010-8, p. 751, Irenaeus "says that 666 'is found in all good and ancient copies,' and is 'attested by those who had themselves seen John face to face.'" The minuscule manuscript 2344 (11th century) identifies the Number of the Beast as 665.
In May 2005 it was reported that scholars at Oxford University using advanced imaging techniques had been able to read previously illegible portions of an early (third century) version of the Book of Revelation, part of its Oxyrhynchus collection of papyri. The fragment gives the Number of the Beast as 616. Scholars now believe the number in question has very little to do with the devil. It was actually a complicated numerical riddle in Greek, meant to represent someone's name. "It's a number puzzle -- the majority opinion seems to be that it refers to [the Roman emperor] Nero."
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09/29/2005 03:46:58 PM · #15 |
Take William R Gates III, convert it to ASCII key code, add up the numbers, and it supposedly equals 666.
-ed. grammER
Message edited by author 2005-09-29 15:47:38.
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