Happy 6-6-06 • Beatking Wishes You a Helluva Day

[DudeAsInCool]

Alrighty then, the apocalyse has arrived , and I don't know about where you live, but it's been hotter than hell here in LA. Since it might be our last day on the planet, I plan to kick back and have a couple of beers. - Happy 6-6-06, everyone.

Here is a little info on this devil of a day

Apocalypse tomorrow? 666 arrives

Is tomorrow's date -- 6-6-6 -- merely a curious number, or could it mean our number is up?

There's a devilishly odd nexus of theology, mathematics and commercialism on the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year. OK, it's just the sixth year of this millennium, but insisting on calling it 2006 takes the devil-may-care fun out of calendar-gazing.

Something about the number 666 brings out the worry, the hope and even the humor in people, said the Rev. Felix Just, a professor of theology and religious studies at the University of San Francisco. A Jesuit priest, Father Just has taught both apocalyptic theory and mathematics and maintains a "666-Numbers of the Beast" Web site that contains history, theology, math and precisely 66 one-line jokes about 666.

One can even make sport of it, betting online if the apocalypse will happen on that date. The good news is that one online oddsmaker has made the world a 100,000-to-1 favorite to survive tomorrow -- something that Father Just said is supported by theology.

"Many people avoid the number. They're afraid of it almost, and there's absolutely no reason to be afraid of it," he said. "It is not a prediction of future events. It is not supposed to be taken as a timetable for when the world is going to end."

It all started with Revelation 13:18 in the Bible: "This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six."

The beast is also known as the Antichrist, according to some apocalyptic theories.

Many scholars, such as Father Just, say the beast is really a coded reference -- using Hebrew letters for numbers -- for the despotic Roman emperor Nero, and 616 appears instead of 666 in some ancient manuscripts. The Book of Revelation isn't prophesying a specific end of times but "is about the overall cosmic struggle of good versus evil," Father Just said.

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Source: The Washington Times

[KiwiCoromandel]

nice one dude as usual....some homework for you.....

"Take the number of the beast (666) and multiply it by the number of the next world war to find out when the world will end."

"666 is the sum of all the numbers on a typical roulette wheel"..

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/enc1/666_number

[Potato]

I was at this crappy restaurant earlier, leaving around midnight.... crazy storms right now. Lightning, thunder, rain.... that was fun running to my car. With flip flops. Through puddles.

[DudeAsInCool]

I Guess I'm Floating published a link to an ever cooler site and definition. You can find it there

Open Sesame

And the number of the beast, you can find here:

Source

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

The minions of evil spared my plane flight on 6/6/06.

I did have some slight worries.

I'm bummed I didn't get to celebrate musically though.

I may have to look into cryogenics. Or perhaps just settle for next year.