Number of the Beast undergoes deflation

[chelidon]

Well heck. Just when you think there's some constant in the universe, something else fundamental changes:

Beast's real mark devalued to '616'

What can you depend on if not the infallibility of the Bible? Gosh.

In all seriousness, this is just one among what are sure to be many fascinating discoveries from this exciting new source of classical information.

And it makes you wonder how many more interesting mistranslations there are to be found... ;>

Comments

[eeedge.livejournal.com]

B told me the other day about a church that believes in the King James edition of the Bible specifically as being the literal word of God. Does that mean that Christians before King James weren't really Christians?

(Of course, the church itself doesn't believe in anything, being a building. I trust you know what I really mean.)

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

B told me the other day about a church that believes in the King James edition of the Bible specifically as being the literal word of God. Does that mean that Christians before King James weren't really Christians?

But of course... Oi. That's one of the most favorite, tried-and-true ways to rally the faithful -- tell them that all those "other" folks who call themselves the same thing as you do aren't real [insert name of arbitrary religion here]...that your particular Flavor of the Day, and whatever bits of minutae and trivia that you alone profess make you the only True faith. Nothing like telling people that they're the elite, the few, the proud (and of course, the unjustly persecuted), the One and Only Chosen People of God, in order to build brand loyalty (and fill the collection plates). Whoops, who let that student of human nature organized religion cynic out of the box? Shoo, shoo! ;>

[christeos-pir.livejournal.com]

In high school, we had a "PSI Study Group" sponsored by a faculty member's wife (I went to a pretty cool school), and we used to have guest speakers come in from time to time. One in particular claimed to be a channeller, and was supposedly in contact with the spirit of Jesus, who was apparently orbiting somewhere near the Lunar Sphere. And you could tell it was Jesus, because he spoke in really bad pseudo-KJ English.

You can't imagine how much I wished right then that I could speak Aramaic.

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

You can't imagine how much I wished right then that I could speak Aramaic.

lol...Classic.