The Mark of the Beast

[supa hahahaha]

Revelations 13
16 And he compelled all, both small and great, rich and poor, freemen and slaves to receive a mark on their right hands or on their brows,
17 So that no man might buy or sell unless he who had the name of the beast or the code number of his name.


18 Here is wisdom: Let him who has understanding decipher the code number of the beast; for it is the code number of the name of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty six...


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[ThunderMaverick]

...That you, Dr P?

 

[Desdinova]

The bible also said that the earth is round and flat like a pizza. BELIEVE!

 

[supa hahahaha]

The bible also said that the earth is round and flat like a pizza. BELIEVE!

strange thing about p.e.a.c.e. brother. one country delivers it to poor nations, it falls on them out of bomb bays of B-52 bombers... strange thing about our own freedom, we have less of it each day... strange thing about us, hating each other, ridiculing each other, fighting each other. we are divided and ready to be conquered.

 

[Bible_Belt]

The bible also said that the earth is round and flat like a pizza. BELIEVE!

No, it didn't. You could at least research your parlor humor a little better. The Bible said a lot of incredible things that sound foolish, but that is not one of them. There is one verse that uses the phrase 'the four corners of the world.' That itself is translated to English. It does not say that the world is flat; it's just an expression. "World" is probably better translated to mean "map."

 

[PRMoon]

This seems a little preachy. I don't think a call to arms over "the end" of something is warrented. I think our era is about to come to an end but i highly doubt civilization will becondluded anytime soon.

 

[ItsOnNow]

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Live!!!!

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You Know I had too...

 

[Deep Dish]

Entry from The Skeptic's Dictionary:

Shoehorning is the process of force-fitting some current affair into one's personal, political, or religious agenda. So-called psychics frequently shoehorn events to fit vague statements they made in the past. This is an extremely safe procedure, since they can't be proven wrong and many people aren't aware of how easy it is to make something look like confirmation of a claim after the fact, especially if you give them wide latitude in making the shoe fit. It is common, for example, for the defenders of such things as the Bible Code or the "prophecies" of Nostradamus to shoehorn events to the texts rather than truly predict anything.

 

[Desdinova]

No, it didn't. You could at least research your parlor humor a little better. The Bible said a lot of incredible things that sound foolish, but that is not one of them.

My apologies. But it might as well be in there:

Exodus Chapter 12
37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 Many other people went up with them, as well as large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

Biggest Mathematical Miracle in the World
Moses and his people were in the desert, but what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and fed is what he did, according to the Quartermaster General in the Army.

It is reported that Moses would have to have had 1500 tons of food each day. Do you know that to bring that much food each day, two freight trains, each a mile long, would be required!

Besides you must remember, they were out in the desert, so they would have to have firewood to use in cooking the food. This would take 4000 tons of wood and a few more freight trains, each a mile long just for one day.

And just think, they were forty years in transit.
And oh yes! They would have to have water. If they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes, it would take 11,000,000 gallons each day, and a freight train with tank cars, 1800 miles long, just to bring water!

And then another thing! They had to get across the Red Sea at night.
Now if they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be 800 miles long and would require 35 days and nights to get through. So, there had to be a space in the Red Sea, 3 miles wide so that they could walk 5000 abreast to get over in one night.

But then, there is another problem.
Each time they camped at the end of the day, a campground two-thirds the size of the state of Rhode Island was required, or a total of 750 square miles long...think of it! This space just for nightly camping.

 

[Bible_Belt]

You could do better. There are a lot more scientifically implausible verses. It says they traveled with livestock, and Exodus says they ate 'manna from heaven,' which was probably bug excrement, or - and you'll like this - shrooms:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna So Moses may have been tripping the whole time.

The Zondervan NIV talks about the problem of what seems like too many people in the desert. The Hebrew word for "thousand" can be translated several ways. In addition to the literal number itself, the word can mean 'family division,' or 'chief' which is like a military company. The actual total of people could be as low as 1/10th of the 600,000. They would still need water to drink and wood for fires, but there was probably more of that around 3,500 years ago than there is today.

Not all of the Bible can be explained away like this, but much of the popular parlor-humor preys upon the difficulty of converting Hebrew to English and reading an ancient text from a modern perspective.