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Mark of the Beast (666) is now 616?
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 12:47 am
by Ciladan
<a href="http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=702d14ee-4847-4c3d-90ce-46e933232df0">The National Post</a> wrote:Satanists, apocalypse watchers and heavy metal guitarists may have to adjust their demonic numerology after a recently deciphered ancient biblical text revealed that 666 is not the fabled Number of the Beast after all.
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Where more conventional versions of the Bible give 666 as the "number of the beast," or the sign of the anti-Christ whose coming is predicted in the book's apocalyptic verses, the older version uses the Greek letters signifying 616.
Well how about that?
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:16 am
by Darcler
Good. Maybe people wont look so crazy at us when we tell them our phone number (###)###-666#
We've had 666 in our number the past two times we've changed it.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:06 am
by Tikker
well holy shit, you mean the bible isn't word for word correct?
damn~
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:14 am
by Lyion
A canadian newspaper writing about religion is akin to Mcdonalds employees writing about healthy eating.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:23 am
by Eziekial
They've got salads there now you know.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:34 am
by Gypsiyee
salads that have just about as much fat as their big macs!
Stupid "Supersize Me" ruined the idea of a salad at a fast food restaurant for me =\
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:47 am
by veeneedefeesh
I havent entered a McD's in years, but how can a salad have as much fat as a burger? they use lard for dressing?
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:39 am
by The Kizzy
Gypsiyee wrote:salads that have just about as much fat as their big macs!
Stupid "Supersize Me" ruined the idea of a salad at a fast food restaurant for me =\
OMG that movie frightened me. I still go to fast food about once a month for a treat for the kiddies. My youngest called everything Burger King. If we go to a steak restuaraunt and ask him if he wants grilled cheese or a burger he will say burger king. Its kind of cute.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 12:24 pm
by Diabolik
Holy shit. This is the funniest thread derail ever.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:41 pm
by Eziekial
Thanks
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:43 pm
by Captain Insano
veeneedefeesh wrote:I havent entered a McD's in years, but how can a salad have as much fat as a burger? they use lard for dressing?
no the lettuce is breaded in fried.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:24 pm
by veeneedefeesh
They have a place here in New Orleans that sells deep fried cheeseburgers, from what I hear they take a completely made cheeseburger, dip it in batter and deepfry the piss out of it, the cholesterol count must be off the scale, but damn I bet it is good.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:54 pm
by Darcler
Ewwwww
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:04 pm
by veeneedefeesh
you wouldnt last 10 minutes in New Orleans if that sounds gross to you, you would starve inside of the first week... EVERYTHING is deep fried here
Re: Mark of the Beast (666) is now 616?
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:13 pm
by Narrock
Ciladan wrote:<a href="http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=702d14ee-4847-4c3d-90ce-46e933232df0">The National Post</a> wrote:Satanists, apocalypse watchers and heavy metal guitarists may have to adjust their demonic numerology after a recently deciphered ancient biblical text revealed that 666 is not the fabled Number of the Beast after all.
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Where more conventional versions of the Bible give 666 as the "number of the beast," or the sign of the anti-Christ whose coming is predicted in the book's apocalyptic verses, the older version uses the Greek letters signifying 616.
Well how about that?
LOL what a crock of
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:05 pm
by Eziekial
veeneedefeesh wrote:you wouldnt last 10 minutes in New Orleans if that sounds gross to you, you would starve inside of the first week... EVERYTHING is deep fried here
Including the bread. So good!
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 12:11 am
by Narrock
Is it true that coffins are placed above-ground in New Orleans' cemetaries because the water table is so high? I wonder if some of the older coffins may not be so air- tight, thus allowing the scent of decaying human flesh to emanate the surrounding air around the coffin.
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 12:34 am
by mofish
Yes, we have cities of the dead, above ground cemetaries. No you cant smell dead people in them lol. Quite beautiful actually. This is one I lived a couple blocks away from :
See the wall in the distance? Its also houses the dead.
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:38 am
by Sithos
Lyion wrote:A canadian newspaper writing about religion is akin to Mcdonalds employees writing about healthy eating.
Because American newspapers writing about religion is so much better?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:59 am
by veeneedefeesh
Mo is that the one at the end of Canal street?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:46 am
by mappatazee
mofish wrote:Yes, we have cities of the dead, above ground cemetaries. No you cant smell dead people in them lol. Quite beautiful actually. This is one I lived a couple blocks away from :
See the wall in the distance? Its also houses the dead.
Oh yeah, that would explain the graveyard during the acid sequence in Easy Rider.
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:56 am
by Lyion
Sithos wrote:Lyion wrote:A canadian newspaper writing about religion is akin to Mcdonalds employees writing about healthy eating.
Because American newspapers writing about religion is so much better?
Sith, that was a funny. Please lol accordlingly. Do not get offended at my bad jokes, unless you are Taxx.
Alan Mitchell, a theology professor at Georgetown University, said there's no reason the discovery should detract from the popularity of 666. "In my opinion, it doesn't change anything," he said. "The most reliable manuscripts have the number as 666. There's no reason to change the text of the New Testament, and there's no reason to change the tattoos."
This quote is better
The National Post quotes Elijah Dan, professor of philosophy and religion at the University of Toronto, as saying the new number won't likely have an impact in the popularity of 666.
"Otherwise, a lot of sermons would have to be changed and a lot of movies rewritten," he said with a laugh. "There's always someone with an active imagination who can put another interpretation on it. It just shows you that when you study something as cryptic and mystic as the Book of Revelation there's an almost unlimited number of interpretations."
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:50 am
by mofish
veeneedefeesh wrote:Mo is that the one at the end of Canal street?
That is Lafayette Cemetery, in the Garden District uptown, on the same block of Washington as Commander's Palace.
And yeah there is a famous acid trip scene in Easy Rider shot in a New Orleans cemetery.
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:31 pm
by Darcler
veeneedefeesh wrote:you wouldnt last 10 minutes in New Orleans if that sounds gross to you, you would starve inside of the first week... EVERYTHING is deep fried here
I dont like hamburger meat. You could deep fry a shoe and Id eat it, just make sure you dont stuff the shoe with hamburger meat
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:15 pm
by The Kizzy
My son doesn't like cheese, HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE CHEESE? I'm now doubtful he is mine.