Oops. "616", not "666" is the Number Of The Beast

Started by TehBorken, Mar 27 06 09:02

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TehBorken

 [blockquote]Oops........
[/p]A newly discovered fragment of the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament indicates that, as far as the Antichrist goes, theologians, scholars, heavy metal groups, and television evangelists have got the wrong number. Instead of 666, it's actually the far less ominous 616.[/p]    The new fragment from the Book of Revelation, written in ancient Greek and dating from the late third century, is part of a hoard of previously unintelligible manuscripts discovered in historic dumps outside Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. Now a team of expert classicists, using new photographic techniques, are finally deciphering the original writing.[/p]    Professor David Parker, Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham, thinks that 616, although less memorable than 666, is the original. He said: "This is an example of gematria, where numbers are based on the numerical values of letters in people's names. Early Christians would use numbers to hide the identity of people who they were attacking: 616 refers to the Emperor Caligula."[/p][hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"][/blockquote]  In later news it was discovered that "66666" is the Zipcode of The Beast.
 
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

CK

DAMN!! This album is now rendered useless!

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Schadenfreude

 A newly discovered fragment of the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament indicates that, as far as[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"] the Antichrist [/FONT]goes, theologians, scholars, heavy metal groups, and television evangelists have got the wrong number. Instead of 666, it's actually the far less ominous 616.

 Antichrist = 616

 Unclechrist = 666

"I used to rock and roll all night and party every day, then it was every other day.  Now I'm lucky if I can find half an hour a week in which to get funky."

soapbox

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Future Canadian

668 = The Neighbor of the Beast

665.95 = The Retail Price of the Beast

(I guess I gotta modify those old jokes now)
...religion has made some contributions to civilization. It helped in the early days to fix the calendar, and it caused Egyptian priests to chronicle ecplipses with such care that in time they were able to predict them. These two services I am prepared to acknowledge, but I do not know of any others

Trollio

[span style="font-family: tahoma;"] Actually, the number of the Beast is [/span][font face="arial, helvetica, sans serif" size="2"][font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="2"][span style="font-family: tahoma;"]+1 202-456-1111.[/span][br style="font-family: tahoma;"] [br style="font-family: tahoma;"] [span style="font-family: tahoma;"] Call it, you'll see.[/span]
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one must be intelligent to get intelligent answers.
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CK

The Number of the Beast will be whatever I want it to be..Mwuahahahahaaaaa!!!

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Adam_Fulford

616

FAF

  "FAF"?!  What kind of wimpy name is that for the beast?  

tenkani

If you look for something hard enough you will find it everywhere.  
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of Juan Valdez
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of coffee forever.

Chicklet

What?  The beast is everywhere?  Here?  Now?  Where?
'In every group of human beings you will find a few specimens of below average intelligence, above average ego and spectacularly bad judgement.' - tenkani

tenkani

For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of Juan Valdez
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of coffee forever.

Chicklet

Okay, that's just strange. *shiver runs up back*
'In every group of human beings you will find a few specimens of below average intelligence, above average ego and spectacularly bad judgement.' - tenkani

bebu

bebu says hooray for the horse of the future