May 23, 2005

My friends in Battle Creek, Michigan, are going to be SO pissed. Apparently, some theological scholars now believe that the Number of the Beast (from Scripture) has been misinterpreted for centuries. Maybe we need to change the Michigan area code to 666? -via Disinfotainmenttoday.com.

Kind of explains this, though.

posted by tennenho 19 years ago
  • there was a big thread on this on mefi i haven't gotten to investigate yet either therefore killing my ability to make any really good jokes right now
  • Oooh...I didn't search over there first...but I did immediately burn my Sony-Ericsson T616. Hope nobody tries to call me.
  • Damn that Oxyrhynchus Papyri, it's ruining everything! Now my user ID isn't special anymore, it's just a stupid number!! *sobs uncontrollably*
  • I thought this was funny though: Peter Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan, based in New York, said: '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.' We don't care if it's the right number or not, as long as we're scaring Christians! *makes horns with fingers, sticks out tongue*
  • Whenever they discover a new fragment of the Bible I think to myself, soon they'll find the part that says, 'just kidding'.
  • I wonder if Iron Maiden will rewrite that song? "six-one-six, the number of the beast!" doesnt have quite the same ring...
  • here's that meef link which i swear i posted or marked somewhere else just to eventually get a look at all the links-- --so many impending tattoo cover ups, so little time, not unlike stuff you bookmark and never get a chance to get back to-- *stares at piles of articles on floor, books, shakes head*
  • Gosh darn it peter gilmore, don't scare me so!
  • I'd like to here at least a little on how they came up with the new number. Right now it's "oh, hey maybe it's 616!" It doesn't take an expert to do that. My KJV bible, and every translation I've looked at, describes the number explicitely. They do say it's the number of "a man", but if a specific name is mentioned, then that's seriously messed up to not include it. I would think it a rather huge blatant mistranslation if the original greek said that it's was the number of a spefic person X. A translation could go ahead and give the number, but should still relay all the info in the sentence, including the persons name and that the number was derived from it. For example, if the original greek said the the number of the beast was the number of Caligula (the article hints that this may be the case), then the translated passage should read something like: The Number of the Beast is the number of Caligula, which is six hundred sixty six. This is important. If they did link the number with a person's name, that does change the whole meaning of the passage. And that passage is pretty dang important, if you look at its individual impact on the world. It makes one very suspicious about how poorly the rest has been translated. It stinks of malicious obfuscation. IF the original greek doesn't specify a name, then instead it would have to give the number explicitely. I can't grok that they effed that up for 2000 consecutive years. Either way, I want more info.
  • so... anyone know how to have forehead tatoos modified?
  • Rub owl semen on them.
  • I'm still trying to get that out of my mattress.
  • It has universal cleansing properties.
  • I always thought it was Ronald Wilson Reagan.
  • Not Caligula, fucking Nero. Caligula was a loony, but he was nothing on Nero.
  • Maybe we need to change the Michigan area code metro detroit itself has at least three area codes. what do you mean, the 'michigan area code'?