Tuesday, June 06, 2006

More Doom....

These 666 trivia bits are from a newsletter I subscribe to called Trivia Today -"Six Items a Day of Enduring Insignificance".
Random bits
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of the number 666.

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Apocalypse: The current meaning may be an ellipsis of the
phrase apokalupsis eschaton (apocalyptic eschatology),
meaning "revelation of knowledge of the end of time".
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In the Christian Bible, the Book of Revelation describes
Armageddon, a final battle between the forces of God and
the forces of Satan.


Interpretations of 666's meaning"
The number 7 is a perfect and holy number mentioned many
times in the Bible. The number 6 is as close as man can
get to God's perfection. The number 6*6 represents some-
one who is less perfect than God in every respect.
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Robert Graves suggested in his study of pagan symbolism,
The White Goddess, that DCLXVI, 666 in Roman numerals,
is an abbreviation for the Latin sentence “Domitianus
Caesar Legatos Xti Violenter Interfecit”, or “The Emperor
Domitian violently killed the envoys of Christ”.
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Irenaeus, he is recognized as a saint by both the Eastern
Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, suggested that
the number indicates that the beast is the sum of all
apostate power, unrighteousness, wickedness, deception,
and false prophecy
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(Courtesy of Wikipedia)

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