If so why does Revelation 13 say "whoever has wisdom calculate" the number of the beast. It is a mans number and the number is 8.
Roman scribes mistranslated Revelation to cover the fact that Octavian(8) was the beast of Revelation and the father of Jesus.
They replaced "octave" with 666 refering to Pope Sixtus ii who the Zionist murdered believing they were ending Christianity. They made a mistake.
2007-01-20 05:18:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Not everyone TODAY understands math, so probably not.
2007-01-20 07:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by The Ry-Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have people alive today who don't understand math. It would be interesting to see what the scribes would have made out of the world today. I wonder what kinds of poetic parallels would have been drawn for global struggles, climate change, the clash of theologies and the distance between the wealthy and destitude. I'd love to offer a profound example but the size of the problems are beyond me. That being said I suspect the math is the least among our powers of expression.
2007-01-20 05:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by Goofy Foot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they did. Probably not like the world does today, but they had astronomers, the calendar, money.
I don't think that the number of the beast is so much about math, as it is DNA.
But, that's my theory. I'm sure there are plenty of people that disagree.
2007-01-20 06:05:03 · answer #3 · answered by jmiller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leaving aside your subtext, which is mindlessly goofy, we can say that people two thousand years ago - like people today - understood and could use as much math as they needed. Did a shepherd know calculus? Of course not. Could he count his sheep and the expense of raising them, and calculate how to make a profit on selling them? Of course he could. Did a carpenter understand basic geometry? Of course.
2007-01-20 18:22:12 · answer #4 · answered by dognhorsemom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are plenty of people around today who know what numbers are but are no good at maths, same applys in biblical times as well. Everyone had to be able to count ALMs /money you know.. Dont know where you hear or read all this crap from..
2007-01-20 05:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is the most lame made-up story I have ever heard. Where did you get these "facts" from? If you are trying to make a religious point or slur you should have posted it in religion not in anthropology. If you are trying to rewrite history you should have placed your info in that category.
The answer to your question is YES they did.
2007-01-20 05:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
only the educated understood math
2007-01-20 05:22:07 · answer #7 · answered by Mariella Williams 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. an education was only for the rich.
2007-01-20 07:41:40 · answer #8 · answered by minusblade 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They probably did for all we know.
2007-01-20 05:24:17 · answer #9 · answered by PrettyEyes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋