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June 06, 2006
666
(Jimmy Akin)
A reader writes:
Might be interesting to do a thing on 666 since today is 06.06.06
True.
Apparently a lot of folks have been making a big deal out of this.
Drudge is running a headline "APOCALYPSE? 666 arrives . . . " which links to
Myself, I'd put it in the curio category, since we get one of these days every hundred years, and the last I checked, the world didn't end on July 6th, 1906--or 1806, or 1706 or any of the preceding centuries.
Of course,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT A GOOD DATE FOR HOLLYWOOD TO RELEASE MOVIES OF A CERTAIN NATURE.
But if you want to find out what 666 is really all about, I wouldn't suggest that you visit your local cineplex but just
Posted by Jimmy Akin in Curios & Humor | Permalink
Comments
The Bible and the Church didn't say that Antichrist would be born on this day, but still I've heard that many pregnant women are delaying going to the hospital. How it's possible to do that, I don't know.
Posted by: David B. | Jun 6, 2006 11:09:11 AM
June 6, 06: the 62nd. anniversary of D-Day. A greater reason to remember this day.
Posted by: Barbara | Jun 6, 2006 11:50:25 AM
This blogger has an interesting historical analysis.
Posted by: Joy Schoenberger | Jun 6, 2006 11:56:34 AM
Good grief!
Oh the stupidity!
Even if those numbers indicated a date the only two possibilities are in the sixth year B.C. and in A.D. 6.
Posted by: Fr. Stephanos, O.S.B. | Jun 6, 2006 12:55:56 PM
What's worse -- we're all writing in the Latin alphabet, in which the number of the Beast is 616!
Only people who write in the Greek alphabet have to worry about 666.
Posted by: Mary | Jun 6, 2006 5:16:45 PM
What’s the big deal? Even if the numbers had any significance we’ve survived the 6th of the 6th 1666.
Posted by: lar | Jun 6, 2006 5:36:25 PM
What do people make of Anne Coulter's book?? It looks interesting!
Posted by: joe | Jun 7, 2006 12:17:16 PM
