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6 + 6 + 06 The signs are p***ing me off!
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DeformedUncleLouie
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I hope you all feel dumb now that the world has ended.

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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:53 pm

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Puppy_Zwolle wrote:

Besides, we still have Arnie, Bruce, Jacky, Jet, Angelina and more to kick it's but back to where ever if it decides to come visit us.

Twisted Evil

And Chuck Norris, of course.

The world isn't coming to an end. The world will end when scientists clone Chuck Norris, and two Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks hit each other!

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:17 pm

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Charin wrote:

Just to get what little theology there is to that one squared away, there's a few issues here:

1. This theory presumes that God uses the same calendar that the western world conventionally uses. While that's a widespread assumption, it seems...unlikely.
2. The number in the Greek text is indeed 666, but it's also a very plainly symbolic number.
3. Revelation, like most other writings of its genre and time, is filled with symbolic numbers. A brief listing:

Quote:

3=Divine elements. Trinitarian reference.
4=Earth or creation. Perhaps a reference to the four elements?
6=Falling short of perfection.
7=Divine perfection. Likely drawn from the days of creation.
10=Lots of whatever it gets applied towards. For example, the passages which refer to 144,000 being saved are a fairly clever tie in of 12*12*10*10*10, implying there's a whole lot of 12's. (See below)
12=The people of God throughout history. Twelve tribes of Israel, Twelve Apostles (even Judas was replaced to fill that number.)

4. Given the above, it's worthwhile to note that what we have then is three sixes, or an attempt to impersonate God. That shouldn't surprise us, really. That's been the temptation since Genesis 3. "You shall be like God..."

I realize that there are other interpretations and other readings of these passages, but most modern interpretations of Revelation are founded in the 19th century's deliberate neglect of history. (This was, unfortunately, more true in the Church than elsewhere.) What's above is generally accepted as the historical western interpretation of the text, going back to the second and third century Church Fathers. I can't speak authoratatively about what the Eastern church believes there, but I'd be surprised if it differed much.

So my counsel would be to ignore the signs, ignore the movie, and get back to whatever it was you were doing. Smile

I would like to say: Awesome summary, Charin. Welcome to Unfiction!

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:19 pm

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