The Bible shows us a way to prove whether or not a person is the Antichrist, through numerology. Rev 13:18 says: "Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." That is, the number 666. The way biblical scholars and numerologists convert the names of men into numbers is through a numerical code. The most common method used by numerologists today is the Pythagorean System, named for the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, who invented it in the fifth century BC. It looks like this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Now if you add up the numbers of his name using this system, according to the table above you get 7+5+6+9+7+5 for George, +5+1+3+2+5+9 for Walker, and +2+3+1+8 for Bush, which all adds up to a total of 78 = 7+8 = 15 = 1+5 = 6. . The next most commonly method in numerology is the Chaldean System, which has its roots in ancient Babylon and is related to the Hebrew Kabbala: It looks like this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A B C D E U O F I K G M H G Z P J R L T N W Q S X S If you add up the numbers of his name using the Chaldean System you get 3+5+7+2+3+5 for George, +6+1+3+2+5+2 for Walker, and +2+6+3+5 for Bush, which adds up to a total of 60 = 6+0 = 6. Once again the number is still 6.. But hold on, because were not through yet. ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The computer you're using to read this can only understand numbers, and ASCII is the numerical representation of a character such as B or else an action of some sort. If you add up Bush's name in ASCII, you get 71+101+111+114+103+101 for George, 87+97+108+107+101+114 for Walker, and 66+117+115+104 for Bush, which adds up to a total of 1617 = 1+6+1+7 = 15 = 1+5 = 6. Thats our third six 666 using the two most commonly used methods in numerology, along with ASCII, the current language of the information age. The chances of this ever happening randomly are 1 in (9 x 9 x 9), or 1 in 729. That means wed have to go through another 729 presidents before wed have an even chance of finding another president whose name is as closely identified with the number 6. (George Bush has another name that is often used to identify him. Hes a Republican from Texas. If you add up Republican in the most commonly used Pythagorean system you get 9+5+7+3+2+3+9+3+1+9 = 51 = 5+1 = 6. If you add up Texas you get 2+5+6+1+1 = 15 = 1+5 = 6. And if you add up Texas Republican you get 15 + 51 = 66.) (Ever wonder why George Herbert Walker Bush Sr. left the 'Herbert' out when naming his son? George = six letters, Walker = six letters, and BushJr (or 'Busche', which was the original German spelling of their name) = six letters. = 666. Once again, the number of the beast.) Revelation says the number of the beast (the Antichrist) is 666 it does not say this is the number of his name, though that could be part of it - it just says that somehow we can identify the Antichrist by using this number 666. This number may indeed be connected to his name, but it cannot only be connected to his name or else it would have simply said so, and saved us the trouble of broadening our search. It indicates that we are to construct the number by compiling individual digits "Six hundred threescore and six", so let's use his name for the first 6, and go on to the second number used by numerologists, the date of his birth. Mr. Bush was born July 6, 1946. If you add up all the digits in his date of birth you get 7+6+1+9+4+6 = 33 = 3+3 = 6. There - now we have our second six. The third number is the "fate" number. Many numerologists find the fate, destiny or lucky number by simply taking the day of the month of your birth (and reducing if necessary) since Bushs birth day is the 6th of July no reduction is necessary. Just to make sure, the other way of finding the fate number used by numerologists is by adding the individual components of the date of your birth to a sum before reducing. Bushs birth date is 7/6/1946 = 7+6+1946 = 1959 = 1+9+5+9 = 24 = 2+4 = once again, our third 6. The antichrist's first step in his goal of attaining complete world domination for Satan, was achieved on that fateful day Mr. bush was first elected governor of Texas - his first elected office - on November 8, 1994. Again, just by adding up the digits we get 1+1+8+1+9+9+4 = 33 = 3+3 = 6. Then after losing the popular vote on November 7, 2000, the antichrist took his next giant leap towards ruling the earth when he was inaugurated president of the United States on January 20, 2001. 1+2+0+2+0+0+1 = 6. Another six to replace the one he had as Governor. There you have it - 666 - the number of the Beast, absolutely any way you care to add it up. His name = 6. His birthday = 6. His fate = 6. Wasnt too difficult, was it? Thats because it was never meant to be. So what are the chances of the most powerful leader in the world having a name/date of birth/fate/ & date of acquiring power equal to 666? By themselves, the chances of any one of these things happening in isolation are relatively insignificant. But using the law of cumulative probability, the chance of all these things happening together his name being equal to six in both numerological systems and ASCII code, the date of his birth being equal to six, his fate number being equal to six either way you want to figure it out, and both of the dates on which he gains world power being equal to six for all this to happen for any particular world leader suddenly becomes very much significant: It is 1 chance in (9 x 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 x 9), or 1 chance in 43,046,721. Since the Bible says that the Antichrist will be the most powerful leader in the world, and George bush is already the most powerful leader in the world today, that would mean that, based purely on the laws of chance, we would have to see another 43,046,721 powerful world leaders come and go before we would have a good chance of seeing another powerful-world-leader that was as strongly associated with the number 666. Even if all these world leaders only lasted an average of 4 years and followed one right after another - as with a single presidential term - it would take well over one hundred and seventy two million years before we'd have a fair chance of seeing another powerful world leader who was as strongly associated with the number 666. To give you some perspective, one hundred and seventy million years ago, the closest thing to a human being on this planet was a small, nocturnal, rodent-like insectivore. But there is still one more very remarkable piece of evidence: For hundreds of years various prophets and Biblical scholars have both prophesied and speculated about what would happen at the end of the second millennium and in particularly the significance of the year 1999. As you will see later on, Nostradamos predicted that 1999 would be the year that the final Antichrist would descend and bring about the sort of death and destruction that has never been seen before. What is so important about the year 1999 is that it is actually an upside-down 666, signifying how the Antichrist would come up from hell and turn the world upside down. Bush declared his candidacy for president on June 12, 1999. By turning the day into a product of simple addition, we easily come up with the date 6/(6+6)/1999. That's a right-side up 666 next to an upside down 666, separated by a 1 that is holding the place for 1,000 years. This 1,000 years is the millennium of peace, which will come after Christ defeats the Antichrist (the right side up 666) and rules the world for 1,000 years in the name of the one true God. After the 1,000 year millennium, according to the Bible Satan will once again be released from hell (the upside down 666 = coming up from hell) but he is quickly defeated and thrown into the lake of fire forever (Revelation 20:7-10). So what are the chances? Obviously, the chances of any other world leader introducing himself to the world on 6/6+6/1999 are nil - it simply didnt happen. Bush is the only one who did and so he is the only world leader in history who is so intimately connected to what must be the most inauspicious day in world history.46 responses total.
By all that logic 666 = 6+6+6 = 18 = 1+8 = 9, and so what? Numerology is bunk. There is also Pyramidology, which is more bunk. Why do people waste their time with this bunk?
Because bunk is amusing.
It isn't so amusing when people take actions that affect others, based upon their numerology.
what type of action would that be?
Wanna bet? You could film it and make fun of it. Not like most other ways of prediction are much more accurate.
Highway 666, in New Mexico, for example. The theft of signs, the replacement of signs, the time spent on the whole stupid thing, are all needless encumbrances on public time and money. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E23827%257E1328606,00.html
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Hey, my birthday is 5/31/1977 ==> 5+3+1+1+9+7+7 = 33 = 3+3 = 6 !!! Clearly, I'm in league wity the devil!
Hey, there's something to numbers. Just ask the people who pick numbers for things. Remember the 707. The 8080. The B-17. There's a whole science for picking these things. Would the USAF have convinced congress to buy as many B-13's? Would you fly on a Boeing 666?
Actually, they're re-numbering Highway 666. Apparently some local businessmen complained.
It depends. If the Boeing 666 was a bomber ... hell yes. If it was
a passenger plane, hell no.
This shit is Old
Funny as hell, though.
Houses are worth more if they have very low house numbers. People apparently are willing to pay more for an address like "15 Cherry Tree Lane" than an address like "176133 Cherry Tree Lane". In East Lansing, there is a beautiful house at 666 Butterfield Drive. I suspect the house number would be an issue (and possibly depress the price) if the house ever came on the market. In Hebrew, the word for eighteen is "chai", which also means "life". Hence, Jewish charities usually ask for donations of $18, or multiples of $18. (When I see a check for $18 in my bank statement, it's almost certainly some Jewish thing.) The 18th anniversary of something is generally treated as significant, as is the 36th (double-chai). Last year was the double-chai anniversary of the founding of our synagogue, and a lot of events were scheduled to mark the occasion. Some people see numbers as neutral mathematical symbols; others see digits and combinations of digits as imbued with personality. People in the second group (which includes me) are much better at remembering telephone numbers, SSNs, house numbers, and other numeric signifiers. I didn't choose to be this way. Some of my earliest memories are associations between numbers and colors, shapes, and feelings. I found I could more readily identify favorite numbers than favorite colors. Those associations don't have much emotional significance to me as an adult, but they are undeniable. How can I explain that, say, 617 and 167 have very different personalities? You either think that way, or you don't.
I don't think that people are stealing signs merely because the street is named 666. Honestly, Rane, I wouldn't have taken you for the superstitious sort. They could always switch the name to Satan's Alley or something, which would clear up the problem.
It's not a street, it's a federal highway that runs from New Mexico to Utah. Federal highways have numbers. (The new number for highway 666 is 491. See http://www.mesalek.com/colo/us666change.html for some details.)
Re #6: That URL doesn't work for me. I did hear recently that highway 666 has been renumbered. The interview I heard with the governor of New Mexico made it sound like this was largely for religious reasons; apparently some people outright refused to drive on a road with that number. I'm kind of disappointed...I thought we were beyond this sort of silly superstition by now. I mean, they don't automatically skip 13 when number building floors anymore. Re #9: Boeing's new plane is the 7E7. I wondered what would happen when they ran out of digits to stick in between the 7's. Apparently they're using hexadecimal digits now. ;)
Re #14: Sounds like synesthesia, or something. I remember numbers very well,
but I don't see them as having personalities.
Re #15: I do. People will be more tempted to take a highway sign with
"666" on it as a souvenir than one with, oh, "94". It'll look cool
on their dorm room wall. Just like the signs from the intersection
of Nixon and Bluett (N. side of Ann Arbor; they now put the Bluett
sign on top to deter people), or poor Harley Rider's campaign signs
when he ran for office (he lost, possibly due to a lack of surviving
advertising).
Shouldn't they have made models 7A7 through 7D7 first?
The "E" is for Extreme! ;-)
Re 17. The only tall building I know of in Michigan which has a floor numbered 13 is the Penobscot Building in Detroit -- and it's 75 years old. (The building management offices and the post office are on that floor.) Are there any more recent examples? In other words, I don't agree at all that the 13th floor isn't skipped any more. It's done for economic reasons, of course: space on the 13th floor is harder to find tenants for. Developers and home builders in California are paying attention to the Chinese tradition of feng shui in the design of buildings. A house with "bad" feng shui (e.g., if the back door is visible from the front) may be more difficult to sell in a market where many buyers are of Chinese ethnicity. If you're trying to sell a product, you want it to be broadly acceptable. I don't see the 13th floor or Highway 666 as any better or worse than that. Governments and businesses have to cope with emotional responses that significant percentages of the public have to certain things. Similarly, streets don't usually get emotionally negative names like Death Row, Murderer's Lane, Vomit Road, etc. Anthrax Street in Fayetteville, N.C. was changed to something else last year. In Walworth, Wisconsin, there was a move to change the name of Devil's Lane (I don't know how that came out). But as far as I know, Booger Hollow (a street) in Anniston, Alabama is still called that. You can find it in the zip code directory.
It seems like I've been in hotels that had a 13th floor, but I don't have any specific examples right now. I dunno. It just seems like encouraging silly superstitions, to me. It's sort of self-perpeptuating now. People get the idea that if that number is continually being avoided, there must be something to it. I remember hearing a while back that a city had decided to spend money on changing all their 'DEAD END' signs to 'NO OUTLET' to avoid the negative connotations of 'dead end'. What's next? Changing all the 'BRIDGE OUT' barricades to 'BRIDGE MISSING' to avoid homosexual connotations? Changing stop signs to a different color so people don't have to look at something that's the color of blood?
Re 18. I looked up synethesia, and what I experience is much weaker than that.
Booger Hollow, Ark., is explained here:
http://nclower.tripod.com/boogerhollow/
Apparently, it comes from Bwg (welsh)=to scare, & is related to "to bug"
(as in to bug somebody), "bogus", and the "bogeyman".
I always thought "no outlet" applied to situations like a subdivision
loop, etc., where the only connection out is where you are but there's
not necessarily an "end" per se.
Re 24. Right, but if you were building a subdivision, and millions of dollars depended on selling those houses as quickly as possible, would you name a street "Booger Hollow Drive"? Or even "Bogeyman Circle"? Responding to social and economic imperatives like that (e.g., skipping the 13th floor in an office building or hotel) is not itself superstition. Sorry.
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Hm. I can see "Bogeyman Circle" -- probably next to Devil's Crossing and Satan Lane.
It also says that he will cause all both great and small to recieve his mark. and that without that mark they can't buy or sell. I don't think that's in Bush's game plan.
I was on highway 666 once. Nothing really special.
Want one of those Highway 666 signs, "legally obtained"? $50: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2181084811&category=1404 8&r d=1
re: "#14 (polygon)... In Hebrew, the word for eighteen is "chai",..." Mr. polygon, Obviously, you do not speak Hebrew. The letters from which the word chai is composed (chof yud) are the equivalent of 18 (chof = 8; yud = 10). The word for 18, as you may recall, is sh'mona esrei - an alternative name for the amidah.
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The antichrist and any other mythological being manifesting itself upon earth must depend upon the belief and fear of others for their power. Dubya has difficulty speaking, spelling, eating junk food, and standing safely at a podium. I believe that certain numbers have a seemingly divine significance, and one can find numbers everywhere if one looks carefully enough. This fact appears to somehow connect all objects in the universe? I hope that we will all choose to disempower and turn our backs on any self manifested control monger. Whether or not Dubya, his father, or his brother are "evil" beings will be self evident. God save us all from ourselves.
slicksteak!
The top floor of the old U of M Hospital was numbered 13.
At the Michigan Inn, in Southfield, MI, I stayed in room 1313 at a ConTraption convention. Did not get lucky.
In the original article, two rather bizarre schemes for assigning numbers to letters are described. The first is supposed to have been "invented by the Greek philosopher Pythagoras". The second is supposed to have roots in ancient Babylon and the Hebrew Kabbala. What I want to know is why either the ancient Greeks, Babylonians or Hebrews were working with the Roman alphabet. Heck, they even assigned values to J, U and W. I don't think J was invented until the 15th century. I like goofball philosphies better when they make internal sense.
Can't speak for the babylonians. I think they used cuniform, which works more like modern Chinese than Latin. The later hebrews knew greek and used it. The new testament was originally written in greek. Presumably any educated person who wanted to correspond with friends in foreign lands used it, much like people use English today even when they're not necessarily native speakers. The romans, of course, used greek as well, well sort of. Any educated roman was taught by a greek, and the romans were quite fond of drawing equivalences between greek gods and roman, greek words and roman, etc. The roman alphabet was originally the greek alphabet, and assorted extras were added then, and like Jan points out, later. Perhaps the extra letters were actually originally invented to fill spots in the number space. Even today, ebcdic has big gaps between various letters in the alphabet.
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I think it's bogus simply because the babylonian numbering system was sexigesmal. Our decimal system requires ten individual signs to represent the numeral digits 0 to 9. Babylonians couldn't conceive of the number zero. And using 60 as a base would need 59 different characters for the numerals within each span of sixty. I think he has 1 to 8. He mentions Kabbala, but i wouldn't put much stock in a form of mysticism that Madonna practices.
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I'll agree to that, but I would probably take it a bit further and say I wouldn't put much stock into any form of spirituality or religion for that matter that deviates from the original.
Every form of spirituality and religion has deviated from the "original" if it is more than five minutes old. So, I guess all your stock has collapsed.
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