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[up148]

I got the 666 right away and maybe the 3 is the father, son and holy ghost?????????????????

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I got the 666 right away and maybe the 3 is the father, son and holy ghost?????????????????

I did understand the origins of the numbers; 666 seems a little sort of the center of the Earth....and 3 miles high is a little short as well, and I think a few people have reached well beyond that distance w/o encountering any heavenly bodies.....

[HONDO74]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Wonder how that was measured,

The Freedom From Religion Foundation helped them figure it out.

[chuck]

up148 said:

I got the 666 right away and maybe the 3 is the father, son and holy ghost?????????????????

The 666 reference in Revelations was written in Hebrew while the text around it is in ancient Greek. When numbers are used in this way they represent a word code. The decode for 666 in Hebrew is Nero Ceasar, one of the most hated emperors and the dude in power at the time of the writing of the text. He had no sense of humor and using his name in clear text would be suicide.

BOT

I'm not sure that the 3 means anything other than a nice small number. Most of the ancient calculations for the various versions of the underworld are pretty modest, usually even less than 3 miles (or its equivalent in whatever ancient scale you chose to use). Sign maker seems to have left out Purgatory and Limbo.

As Foghorn Leghorn (that venerable pillar of Saturday morning wisdom) used to say: "That’s a joke, I say that’s a joke son"

[up148]

I got the 666 right away and maybe the 3 is the father, son and holy ghost?????????????????

I did understand the origins of the numbers; 666 seems a little sort of the center of the Earth....and 3 miles high is a little short as well, and I think a few people have reached well beyond that distance w/o encountering any heavenly bodies.....

Agree, but I don't think it was meant to be literal, but you know that.

[webenda]

The 666 reference in Revelations was written in Hebrew while the text around it is in ancient Greek. When numbers are used in this way they represent a word code. The decode for 666 in Hebrew is Nero Ceasar, one of the most hated emperors and the dude in power at the time of the writing of the text. He had no sense of humor and using his name in clear text would be suicide.

Some believe that 666 is the mark of the Biblical antichrist. Others say that it signifies some form of compulsory identification, such as a tattoo or an implanted microchip with a digital code that identifies the person as a servant of the beast. Still others hold that 666 is the mark of the Catholic papacy. Substituting Roman numerals for the letters in a form of the pope’s official title, Vicarius Filii Dei (Vicar of the Son of God), and manipulating the figures a little, they come up with 666. It is also claimed that the same number can be calculated from the Latin name of Roman Emperor Diocletian and from the Hebrew version of the name Nero Caesar.

The bible interprets itself and the above interpretations are very different from what the Bible itself says about the mark of the beast. Clue: symbolic number 3 is a clue to understanding 666.

[webenda]

[Mitch]

As Foghorn Leghorn (that venerable pillar of Saturday morning wisdom) used to say: "That’s a joke, I say that’s a joke son"

Nice enough kid but he doesn't listen to a word I say!

[HONDO74]

[rogruth]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I just now read on OGR Forum that Mr. Richard Kughn has died.
I am sorry to hear this.
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[webenda]

This1974 Audi Fox has 733 miles on the odometer. It has been parked since late 1974.
Current bid of $200, but the reserve isn’t met. There is a Buy It Now price of $1,975.
Must pick it up yourself. Bring a trailer and a chainsaw.
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[Rufus T. Firefly]

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