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Subject: Re: 666 and Ignorant People
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In article <10619@accuvax.nwu.edu>, jbaltz@cunixf (Jerry B. Altzman)
writes:

>[Moderator's Note: Certain people -- a hybrid type of Fundamentalist
>Christian actually -- of which there seem be to several million in the
>United States alone, have long believed that '666' was an evil number,
>based on their reading of selected scripture.

The reference is from Revelations 13:18: "Here is wisdom. Let him that
hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number
of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

Many numerologists have come up with inventive ways to prove that their
particular bete noir has a name which adds up to 666.


Chris Jones    clj@ksr.com    {world,uunet,harvard}!ksr!clj


[Moderator's Note: They even picked on poor President Reagan, whose
first, middle and last names all have six letters.  PT]