Six Hundred Threescore and Six

[ComradeDavo]

Do you think tommorow will be an especially evil day?

Yup, we got a couple of metal bands and a punk band playing in the pub, gonna be awesomely evil!

 

[C~G]

Of course it will be evil, it's the National Day of Sweden.

Your only hope is that there won't be too many JAS Gripens in Stockholm airspace at the same time.

As OT I remember 6th of June as a day always because of this photo.

Es una cosa muy seria

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

you guys know that 666 is code for the name of the Emperor Nero, the first Roman Emperor to persecute Christians. Nothing is going to happen, as it is a reference to a dead guy who didnt like christians, not satan, the prince of darkness

 

[nonconformist]

Yes, as I have a pure maths exam

 

[puglover]

Yeah, I bought a whole minivan full of canned goods. Hopefully I'll be able to outlast the apocolypse until Ahnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, and Mr. T join forces against the kingdom of the AntiChrist.

BTW, I too have been counting down the days to D-Day.

 

[wiseguy101]

People put too much stock in what the date is. Nothing really horrible has happened to me on Friday the 13th, and tomorrow will probably be just like any day for me as well.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

friday the thirteenth is considered an 'unlucky day' ( and thus the number 13 is also) because that was the day that the Pope betrayed the Knights Templar: he ordered secretly all the kings of Europe to, on the same day, sieze, arrest and/or kill every Templar and Templar estate in their kingdom. The Templars were becoming too powerful politically and militarily, and he (the Pope) believed they had outlived their usefulness

once again dont believe everything you hear, theres usually a reason behind it that is logical

 

[Corlindale]

friday the thirteenth is considered an 'unlucky day' ( and thus the number 13 is also) because that was the day that the Pope betrayed the Knights Templar: he ordered secretly all the kings of Europe to, on the same day, sieze, arrest and/or kill every Templar and Templar estate in their kingdom. The Templars were becoming too powerful politically and militarily, and he (the Pope) believed they had outlived their usefulness

once again dont believe everything you hear, theres usually a reason behind it that is logical

That's just one theory of its origins.
And I believe it was King Philip IV of France that was behind the massacre, and with the simple motive of greed. At least according to Wikipedia.
Don't believe everything you hear, especially not if the source is The Da Vince Code


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Is it Midnight anywhere in the world yet? Ive got a bowl of popcorn and CNN on in case Armegeddon starts If Cheney doesnt announce hes the Anti Christ tommorow, he never will.

 

[IglooDame]

Is it Midnight anywhere in the world yet? Ive got a bowl of popcorn and CNN on in case Armegeddon starts If Cheney doesnt announce hes the Anti Christ tommorow, he never will.

He's so evil, he'd wait until a Friday evening to announce it.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

The reference in Revelations clearly states that the "evil number" is 666, ie DCLXVI, or 6.66x10^2, not any grouping of 3 6's. Thus the date 06/06/06 is not evil, nor is rolling 3 6's with three dice, nor anything of the sort, even if the scripture happens to be genuine.

 

[Truronian]

I'm at Royal Cornwall (its a festival type thing) so I do hope not. I predict bad weather (an angry, but lazy Satan)

 

[.Shane.]

Frank Black does a great version of this Larry Norman classic:

In the midst of the war
He offered us peace
And he came like a lover
From out of the east
With the face of an angel and the heart of a beast
His intentions were six-sixty-six
He walked up to the temple
With gold in his hands
And he bought off the priests
And propositioned the land
And the world was his harlot
And laid in the sand
While the band played six-sixty-six
We served at his table
And slept on the floor
But he starved us and beat us
And nailed us to the door
Well, I'm ready to die
I can't take any more
And I'm sick of his lies and his tricks
He told us he loved us
But that was a lie
There was blood in his pockets
And death in his eyes
Well, my number is up
And I'm willing to die
If the band will play six
If the band will play six-sixty
If the band will play six-sixty-six

 

[nonconformist]

The reference in Revelations clearly states that the "evil number" is 666, ie DCLXVI, or 6.66x10^3, not any grouping of 3 6's. Thus 6/6/06 is not evil, nor is rolling 3 6's with three dice, nor anything of the sort, even if the scripture happens to be genuine.

6.66*10^3 is 6660.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

He's so evil, he'd wait until a Friday evening to announce it.

Yeah and just so theres no doubt in anyones mind, he'd eat Bush on live TV (uh, maybe I should rephrase that )

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

6.66*10^3 is 6660.

Oops, fixed it.

Gonna criticize my Roman numerals now?

 

[Truronian]

6.66*10^3 is 6660.

Somebody's showing off their Pure Maths...

 

[Perfection]

hmmm... this is when I start my new job...

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

hmmm... this is when I start my new job...

Your new job . . . OF DOOM!

 

[Urederra]

what does threescore mean in the sentence?