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So, it's good to see that for centuries people have been interpreting the Bible incorrectly. I know that seems damn well impossible, but according to a recently found fragment of the New Testament, written in Greek and dating back to the 3rd century A.C.E., there's a portion of the Book of Revelation that has been translated incorrectly.
The number of the beast isn't 666, it's six-one-six (616).
Yep, for everyone who's been trying to call Satan, they've been dialing the wrong number. Apparently he's been waiting by the phone somewhere near Grand Rapids, Michigan (the home of the 616 area code). He's probably working at Amway.
It has been mentioned that 616 is also the country number and area code for Australia's capital, Canberra. *Mr. Burns Fingers*
It's kind of unfortunate, really. One of my first phone numbers when I was on my own in Houston was 713-666-HELP. We asked for 666-HELL, but it was already assigned. I have no idea who has those numbers now, when I and my roommates moved out of the Astrodome area we left that phone number there.
Still, translation scholars aren't convinced that the number, whether it be 616 or 6 three-score has much to do with the devil at all. It may have to do with a complicated numerical riddle that's code for someone's name. Dr. Ellen Aitken, a professor of early christian history at McGill University told Canada.com, "It's a number puzzle -- the majority opinion seems to be that it refers to [the Roman emperor] Nero."
The whole book of Revelation may be a thinly disguised political tract with the names changed to protect the authors and early christians from violence. It's possibly a critique on the rule of the Roman Empire at the time, and may have nothing to do with our predicted future (which should be here sometime between 2008 and 2012, right?).
An interview by the Independent in the UK asked Peter Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan, based in New York, about the new number. He 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."
More at Religion News Blog.
The number of the beast isn't 666, it's six-one-six (616).
Yep, for everyone who's been trying to call Satan, they've been dialing the wrong number. Apparently he's been waiting by the phone somewhere near Grand Rapids, Michigan (the home of the 616 area code). He's probably working at Amway.
It has been mentioned that 616 is also the country number and area code for Australia's capital, Canberra. *Mr. Burns Fingers*
It's kind of unfortunate, really. One of my first phone numbers when I was on my own in Houston was 713-666-HELP. We asked for 666-HELL, but it was already assigned. I have no idea who has those numbers now, when I and my roommates moved out of the Astrodome area we left that phone number there.
Still, translation scholars aren't convinced that the number, whether it be 616 or 6 three-score has much to do with the devil at all. It may have to do with a complicated numerical riddle that's code for someone's name. Dr. Ellen Aitken, a professor of early christian history at McGill University told Canada.com, "It's a number puzzle -- the majority opinion seems to be that it refers to [the Roman emperor] Nero."
The whole book of Revelation may be a thinly disguised political tract with the names changed to protect the authors and early christians from violence. It's possibly a critique on the rule of the Roman Empire at the time, and may have nothing to do with our predicted future (which should be here sometime between 2008 and 2012, right?).
An interview by the Independent in the UK asked Peter Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan, based in New York, about the new number. He 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."
More at Religion News Blog.
