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Message:: [QUOTE="mac266, post: 943158, member: 26371"]The mere presence of "666" has no significance whatsoever, and all the hoopla surrounding it comes from pure ignorance.  The idea of 666 being evil comes from the Bible, in the book of Revelations.  Revelations was written by John, and it contains what God revealed to him about the end of the world.  According to John, during the 7 years leading up to the end (known by modern Chrisitans as the "Tribulation," although John didn't use that term in the text) Satan will enable one man to rule the entire world (aka "The beast").  Half-way through the Tribulation period he will possess the world ruler, thus literally becoming Satan on earth.  This is in direct contrast to Jesus, who was the embodiment of God on earth. Satan / The Beast / world ruler will then require all inhabitants of the earth to worship him, and pronounce their loyalty to him by wearing his mark on their hand or forehead.  His mark will be the number 666, hence the term, "Mark of the Beast." So, unless the number 666 is accompanied by a world ruler demaning that we wear it on our hand or forehead, it's just a number with no significance whatsoever.[/QUOTE]