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May 15, 2005
Calculator of the Beast
Since the Number of the Beast is obviously important, and since we now have a degree of uncertainty about whether that number is 666 or 616, what shall we do?
We could just split the difference: The Number of the Beast is 641. Of course, we don’t have any text that says it’s 641, so we’d be likely to be wrong either way. But whichever number turned out to be right, we’d be equally wrong.
Or we could note the margin of error in our Bibles. If we opt for 666, we could note “(with a 7.5% margin of error)”; if 616, “an 8.1% margin.”
At least, as David reckons, the forces of evil may have been diminished by fifty.
Posted by AKMA at May 15, 2005 06:50 AM | Threadorati
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I don't know, there's something less than menacing about a toothsome creature that hauls itself out of the muck and mire in the dark of the night to announce, "Arrgh, there's a 92.5% that I'm going to eat you!"
Posted by: steve at May 15, 2005 07:08 AM
As far as I know, the official Number of the Beast was changed to 202-456-1414 on January 20, 2001. This change was reconfirmed on January 20, 2005.
Posted by: Michael O'Connor Clarke at May 15, 2005 08:33 AM
When I was in the Army my serial number was RA11253666. The rubber stamp I was provided with to mark all my clothing began with the first letter of my last name plus the last three digits of the serial number. Thus all articles of clothing, shoes, boots, underwear, etc. were stamped "B666." I have been tempted to have this identifier placed on my auto registration but I am afraid of being rammed in the rear and driven off the road by some "well-meaning" fundamentalist. I have also been tempted to carry the rubber stamp around with me at all times, together with a rubber stamp(with red indelible ink, of course,) and brand any and all antagonists right in the you-know-what with that wonderful symbol of who I am. Perhaps you can suggest some particularly appropriate targets. Signed: B666
Posted by: Dick at May 16, 2005 04:04 PM
AFAIK the number 666 comes from the roman numeral DCLXVI, a guarded code abbreviation for
"Domitianus Caesar Legatos Xti Violenter Interfecit", or "The Emperor Domitian violently killed the envoys of Christ".
The variant 616 represents the alternative Hebrew spelling נרו קסר, Nrw Qsr (based on the Latin form "Nero Caesar").
Stu (23) Savory
PS: I refer you also to my Walpurgisnacht blog-entry, dated May 1st.
Posted by: Stu Savory at May 24, 2005 10:48 PM
At least they're not talking about making it 613!
Posted by: Mark Federman at May 29, 2005 11:02 AM
Look at the Following Positive Natural Integers
1,2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,
7*7=49,3*17=51,53,3*19=57,59,61,67,71,73,79,
3*3*3*3=81,83,3*29=87,89,7*13=91,97,101,103,107,
109,3*37=111,113,2*2*3*13=117,7*17=119
and so the Squere Root of 121=11*11
that is Eleven(11)
To Prove the Numbers upp to 121
If the are Prime Factors or Not
it is only neccessary to Prove
with the Prime Factors
2,3,5 and 7
In Reality it is only neccessary to Prove
The Gods Holy Numbers
Three(3) and Seven(7)
As can be read in Moses Writtings
In Genesis 1600 B.C.
What is Called The Number of The Beast
Is The Number Just Below Seven(7)
The Six(6) on the Other Hand is
The Number Just Above Seven(7)
The Eight(8) The King of the Numbers
Compare: Henry the Eight(8) of England
Compare also 1997 and 1789 The Year of The
French Revolution there are two Prime Factors
there 89 and 97
Sincerely
Urban Salomon Avierfjard
Gr墯,Visby,Gotland,The Baltic Sea,
Sweden
Posted by: Urban Salomon Avierfjard at March 15, 2006 01:47 AM
