If you haven’t realized it yet, today (June 6, 2006) is the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year in this current millenium. 06/06/06. 666; the number of the beast. Ummm…
Ok. I went to separate schools (public Catholic schools for those unaware) from Kindergarten to OAC (Ontario’s grade 13…oooh, 13 is a scary number too), so some of it stuck, whether I wanted it to or not. Chapter 13 (there’s that creepy number again) of Revelations in the New Testament says:
Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell who does not have the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom: let anyone with the understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person. Its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
Check out some background info from Wikipedia over here and here.
Eek! So we should all cower in fear today, for it may be our last. Or not. I know that in the many mathematics classes I’ve been in throughout my life, I have never ever seen 666 at all. Who’s controlling the math texts of the world (tongue firmly planted in cheek)? Is it the same people controlling the planet’s population through commerce (this one’s a delightful read…ugh)? Channel 666 in Rogers‘ digital cable lineup for the Kitchener-area is a local station from Montreal – I’ve never been but I always hear wonderful things about Montreal and nothing ever to suggest that it’s Hell. Bell and Star Choice don’t even have a channel 666 in their lineups…wimps! 😉
Maybe 666 isn’t the number of the beast, but actually a ruse so that another number can corrupt and obliterate us on the sly. It’s been proposed that 616 is actually the beast’s number; check it out. In Timmins our house’s number on Murray Street was 616. From as far back as I can remember, we always got plenty of wrong-number phone calls for somebody named “Cheryl”. For those keeping score, when you’re addressing the Antichrist, call him/her Cheryl.
So if you’re confronted by Lucifer today, er I mean Cheryl, at least provide some entertainment.
Required Viewing: The Exorcist, The Omen and Rosemary’s Baby.
Required Listening: Iron Maiden‘s “The Number of the Beast”, Misfits‘ “Devil’s Whorehouse”, Butthole Surfers‘ “Dust Devil”, Van Halen‘s “Running With the Devil” and Mogwai‘s “Mogwai Fear Satan”.
PS: Today isn’t actually 6/6/6; it’s 6/6/2006. Two thousand years ago today would be freaky, but not today.
PPS: There may be a hidden Easter egg in this post. A cookie goes to the first who finds it.
