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| Revelation! 666 Is Not the Number of the Beast; It's actually 616 | |
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| 24thcenstfan | May 10 2005, 07:07 PM Post #16 |
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616 just doesn't have quite the same ring that 666 does. |
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| Franko | May 10 2005, 08:27 PM Post #17 |
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Actually, I've known about this for quite some time. Religious and language historian Robert Graves discusses this phenomenon in his book, "The White Goddess". As well, he makes a case for the fact that the numerical values of 666 and 616 actually represent "Nero Ceasar", the true focus in Revelations of the so-called "anti-christ"; a reaction to the christian persecutions in Rome. |
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| somerled | May 10 2005, 11:04 PM Post #18 |
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Hell's bells - when will they ever get it right ? You mean I need to change that tattoo on my right buttuck to 616 now ? 616 is no where near as geometrically satisfying as 3 6s are . 616 will look odd.
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| somerled | May 10 2005, 11:06 PM Post #19 |
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What's the connection ? |
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| iancook | May 11 2005, 02:28 AM Post #20 |
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Look at this link. It's got a little more info on the number of the beast. Link |
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| somerled | May 11 2005, 03:03 AM Post #21 |
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I see. |
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| Fesarius | May 11 2005, 07:22 AM Post #22 |
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Actually, 666 probably ought to have been .667.
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| Hoss | May 11 2005, 07:35 AM Post #23 |
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You get two-thirds of a laugh from me for that one. |
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| Fesarius | May 11 2005, 07:49 AM Post #24 |
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^^^ LO! |
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| somerled | May 11 2005, 11:53 AM Post #25 |
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Did the Greeks understand the concept of repeating decimals ? Of irrational numbers ? |
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| Swidden | May 11 2005, 12:00 PM Post #26 |
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So what you're saying is, you've lived in Hell? Methinks that the early translators should have checked the qualifications on the resume of their proof reader...
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| Fesarius | May 11 2005, 12:19 PM Post #27 |
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^^^ LOL! I hope not. I don't even want to visit there, thank you.
Somerled, I don't know. But they probably understood a2 + b2 = c2 quite well. |
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| gvok | May 11 2005, 12:27 PM Post #28 |
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This is hard to deal with. Its like thinking a tomatoe is a vegtable all your life and then being told that it is now a fruit. Part of me wants to keep on thinking its a vegtable even if it's not technically correct. |
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| Hoss | May 11 2005, 12:30 PM Post #29 |
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a to-may-toe is a vegetable and a to-mah-toe is a fruit.
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| gvok | May 11 2005, 12:37 PM Post #30 |
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When I was young people said Canadian Geese. Now they say Canada Geese for some reason. I hate that too. |
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