{"id":368,"date":"2008-01-10T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2008\/01\/rethinking-the-number-of-the-beast.html"},"modified":"2008-01-10T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T13:04:00","slug":"rethinking-the-number-of-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2008\/01\/rethinking-the-number-of-the-beast.html","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking the Number of the Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The following was sent to me by one of my students, who in turn got it from a UMC Church source– This just shows that it is not true at all that the United Methodist Church is uninterested in apocalyptic speculations \ud83d\ude42 Thanks to Arlen for the picture.<\/p>\n

BW3
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The Number of the Beast<\/p>\n

We all know that 666 is the Number of the Beast. But did you know:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 $665.95………………….Retail price of the Beast
\u00b7 $699.25………………….Price of the Beast plus 5% sales tax
\u00b7 $769.95………………….Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul
\u00b7 $656.66………………….Walmart price of the Beast
\u00b7 $646.66………………….Next week’s Walmart price of the Beast
\u00b7 00666…………………….Zip code of the Beast
\u00b7 1-666 …………………….Area code of the Beast
\u00b7 1-900-666-0666 ………… Live Beasts! Call Now! Only $6.66\/minute.
\u00b7 670……………………….Approximate number of the Beast
\u00b7 DCLXVI…………………Roman numeral of the Beast
\u00b7 666.0000…………………Number of the High Precision Beast
\u00b7 0.666 …………………….Number of the Millibeast
\u00b7 \/ 666 ……………………..Beast Common Denominator
\u00b7 666 ^ (-1)…………………Imaginary number of the Beast
\u00b7 1010011010………………Binary of the Beast
\u00b7 Phillips 666………………Gasoline of the Beast
\u00b7 $6.66 9\/10………………..Price of a Beast gasoline
\u00b7 Route 666………………..Way of the Beast
\u00b7 666 F…………………….Oven temperature for roast Beast
\u00b7 666k……………………..Retirement plan of the Beast
\u00b7 6.66%……………………5 year CD rate at First Beast National Bank, $666 minimum deposit.
\u00b7 i66686……………………CPU of the Beast
\u00b7 666i …………………….. BMW of the Beast
\u00b7 DSM-666…………………Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast
\u00b7 668……………………….Next-door neighbor of the Beast
\u00b7 666 mg……………………Recommended Minimum Daily Requirement of Beast
\u00b7 Lotus 6-6-6……………….Spreadsheet of the Beast
\u00b7 Word 6.66………………..Word Processor of the Beast
\u00b7 6 h. 66 min………………..Beast Standard Time (BST)
\u00b7 Boeng 666…………………”A jet for the Beast Age”
\u00b7 Beverly Hills 66666……….Beast’s favorite TV show
\u00b7 6\/6\/66……………………..The birthdate of the Beast
\u00b7 666-66-6666………………The Social Security number of the Beast
\u00b7 6666……………………….The PIN of the Beast
\u00b7 25.806975…………………The square root of the Beast
\u00b7 Motel 666………………….Beast Western
\u00b7 Windows 96 ver.666………OS of the Beast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following was sent to me by one of my students, who in turn got it from a UMC Church source– This just shows that it is not true at all that the United Methodist Church is uninterested in apocalyptic speculations \ud83d\ude42 Thanks to Arlen for the picture. 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