tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post1002866585986702246..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: #666Jim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-24431881650990575442016-08-28T15:00:33.833+01:002016-08-28T15:00:33.833+01:00This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insi...This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666. – Revelation 13:18.<br /><br />There are loads of theories as to the identity of the beast, <b> Gwilym</b>. Most suggest a political entity especially because of what it says in the previous verse: “that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.” I’ve heard theories that the number might be a digital code or something. Some have said that there will be literally six hundred and sixty-six such marks. <br /><br />My understanding—and by that I mean what I was taught growing up—is that the number is symbolic and nothing more than an identifying mark. Numbers in the Bible are often symbolic: 7 stands for perfection, 12 for organisational completeness, 3 for emphasis and so on. As 6 is one short of perfection it symbolises imperfection and therefore 666 is merely a way of emphasising just how far from perfect the beast and those who serve it are. A similar logic is used to underline God’s perfection: “And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times. – Psalm 12:6.<br /><br />If you believe all of that.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-18504869590369901672016-08-27T22:00:55.389+01:002016-08-27T22:00:55.389+01:00I think the number of the beast as it's called...I think the number of the beast as it's called has something to do with King Solomon and also with Rome. I keep meaning to research it but never seem to find the time. As an afterthought, was it Goethe who set out for the Holy City of Rome three times but never got there? Sometimes I just can't be bothered looking-up any stuff on W'pedia. I'm in one of those periods. I just put down what is already in my old grey box. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-69567238362602226232016-08-27T06:25:53.150+01:002016-08-27T06:25:53.150+01:00I’d never heard of that before, Gwilym . I did thi...I’d never heard of that before, <b>Gwilym </b>. I did think to write a couple of paragraphs about the number of the beast but I get bored with all that religious stuff. On one level it still fascinates me, from a psychological/sociological point of view, but other than that I’m done. I feel about it much the same as I feel about numerology, lucky and unlucky numbers. I know external forces do affect us and often in ways that’re hard to quantify or predict but numbers! Nah. Of course the ‘666’ thing is just a visual pun I know that (three times for emphasis, very biblical) but that would make more sense if it was ‘bbb’; if ‘666’ suggests anything to me it’s impotence.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-17489334124020845522016-08-26T12:57:58.136+01:002016-08-26T12:57:58.136+01:00666 and an amazingly high number of past their pri...666 and an amazingly high number of past their prime viagra men will buy 666 registration plates for their cars but not really without reason for in German areas the joke is that the number is sex sex sexGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com