Revelation - 666 is not the number of the beast

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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=634679

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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.

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The Book of Revelation is traditionally considered to be written by John, a disciple of Jesus; it identifies 666 as the mark of the Antichrist. In America, the fundamentalist Christian right often use the number in sermons about the coming Apocalypse.

They and satanists responded coolly to the new "Revelation". 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."
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They had to ruin one of my favorite Iron Maiden songs.

[hatrack]

1. Damn! And my money had been on 2987 all those years!

Shit!

[Bluebear]

2. The fundies in Grand Rapids MI will demand a new area code now.

[Blue Diadem]

4. That's exactly what I was going to say! LOL! n/t

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

3. Ha Ha!

Oh I love that. Thanks for the laugh.

[gordianot]

5. This will be one of my greatest disappointments in life.

Right along with finding out about St. Claus, the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy. I mean just look at it were talking about the Anti Christ and his number is not 666.

Think of all the disappointed and disillusioned Satanist and Fundies.

[BillZBubb]

6. Gosh, if the Fundies got that simple number so wrong,

I wonder what else they are wrong about? Hmmm....

[bvar22]

7. RATS!!!!

Now I have to change all my tatoos!!!

[gmoney]

8. I thought it was 43...

[NinetySix]

9. That pic is freaking me out...

Did you ever read The Stand by Stephen King? Bush looks like Flagg (who is the devil), otherwise known as the Walkin' Dude, complete with cowboy boots and all!

My life for you!
--Trashcan Man

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Scary

I still remember when the Pope thought he was the anti-Christ. I could see why and how.

[Dhalgren]

11. Wait a minute! Hold on!

The "Bible" can't be WRONG! If they are saying that the "Bible" has been wrong all these years, then they are just damned liars! Right?

[aeolian]

12. "Newly discovered?"

That's old news. At least, I managed to know about it somehow. I think it had to do with an ambiguity in one of the many, many translations through which the bible went.

[yodermon]

13. Correct.

I had heard this tidbit before as well. I do not remember where. But I know I had read about other translations listing the number as "616".