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Sir Wolf:
 666 Posts in 94 Topics by 9 Members


good thing I went and posted and changed it ;) hhehehee  :P

Das Bill:

--- Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2008-04-22, 19:22:40 --- 666 Posts in 94 Topics by 9 Members


good thing I went and posted and changed it ;) hhehehee  :P



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Actually, turns out 666 isn't the mark of the beast. It would seem that at some point someone had made a mistake in translating the book of revelations, and in modern times its gone unnoticed until a few years ago, when some scholars at Oxford, I believe, went back to the earliest known Book of Revelations (from the 3rd century) and retranslated it. The original number is 616, not 666. Go fig.

Which means there are a lot of incorrect tatoos out there. :)

Christian Tobler:
Yup, and a number of scholars feel 616 was some sort of numerical encoding of Nero's name.

Best,

CHT

Das Bill:

--- Quote from: Christian Tobler on 2008-04-23, 03:16:55 ---Yup, and a number of scholars feel 616 was some sort of numerical encoding of Nero's name.

Best,

CHT

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Yes, I've read about this, though as I understand it, this is still under debate. I'm afraid I don't know why, though.

Sir Wolf:
way to go bill, now you've gone and ruined a perfectly good Iron Maiden song.

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