The new number of the Beast
April 26, 2013 11:05 AM   Subscribe

"A newly discovered fragment of the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament indicates that, as far as the Antichrist goes, theologians, scholars, heavy metal groups, and television evangelists have got the wrong number..."

A christian writes: "Which Is the Real Number of the Beast?"
posted by marienbad (15 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, looks like this isn't so much newly discovered as eight-years-ago-discovered with a post about it at the time, probably don't need a new post if there's not some more recent in-depth analysis or whatever available. -- cortex



 
So basically all of Grand Rapids, MI.
posted by 2bucksplus at 11:06 AM on April 26, 2013 [2 favorites]


I always knew something was off about Grand Rapids, MI.
posted by elizardbits at 11:06 AM on April 26, 2013 [1 favorite]


oh goddammit
posted by elizardbits at 11:07 AM on April 26, 2013 [3 favorites]


That website was a mess. I got two pop-ups. Also, 616 is the area code for the Grand Rapids, Michigan. The devil lives there!
posted by It is better for you not to know. at 11:09 AM on April 26, 2013


You might as well go ahead and add the "grandrapids" and "michigan" tags to this post.
posted by elizardbits at 11:10 AM on April 26, 2013


double, from way back in 2005. The link in that post doesn't work anymore, but the article linked in this post is also from 2005.
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 11:10 AM on April 26, 2013


I need to call Bruce Dickinson, stat!
posted by Kitty Stardust at 11:10 AM on April 26, 2013 [1 favorite]


So now all those people with 666 in their license plates, phone numbers, social security numbers and so on can breathe a little easier.
posted by TedW at 11:11 AM on April 26, 2013


Newly discovered being 8 years at least. I recall hearing about it back then. Still hasn't stoped the 666ers. Guess 616 just seems less sinister... 616... number of the half assed beast perhaps
posted by edgeways at 11:12 AM on April 26, 2013


It is a HUMAN NUMBER....
posted by inturnaround at 11:14 AM on April 26, 2013


oh goddammit

Literally.
posted by zippy at 11:15 AM on April 26, 2013


Maybe Hobby Lobby will get barcode scanners now.
posted by dr_dank at 11:15 AM on April 26, 2013 [5 favorites]


616?

hmm.

I was hoping for "42."
posted by notyou at 11:16 AM on April 26, 2013


uh its a thing called ""inflation"", hello???
posted by boo_radley at 11:17 AM on April 26, 2013


Of course, if we assume an 8.1% sales tax rate (like in Las Vegas!) on a Beast number of 616, then it comes out to 666 anyway.
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:18 AM on April 26, 2013


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