what does 666 means and why are the south america people putting 666 tattoos?i think there doing it in Columbia, i dont remember it said it in the news.
2007-04-21 06:40:47 · 11 answers · asked by bluechinadogs 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Where does the number 666 come from? Many have read of it in the Bible or even heard of it from various sources, but very few know where it actually comes from or why the book of Revelation speaks about this number with such negative connotations. Here is a brief overview of the history of the number 666, where it comes from, and why the book of Revelation speaks so negatively of this number.
The number 666 comes directly from the worship practices of the city of Babylon about he time of the Bible prophet Daniel. The people of Babylon worshiped gods that were associated with the sun, moon, visible planets of our solar system, and certain of the stars involved with the practice of astrology. The Babylonians were the principle developers of astrology, as we know it today. In their worship system, they had 37 supreme gods, and one of these, the god associated with the sun, was supreme over all the other gods. These people believed that numbers in some way had power over the gods they worshiped. However, they had to create numbers that they could assign to the gods so that they could have power over them. To do this, they counted their gods and assigned a count number to each of the 36 lesser supreme gods, and then added up all of these numbers (from one to 36) and assigned the sum to the sun god. The first god they counted got the number one assigned to it, and the second god they counted got the number two assigned to it, and so on up to all 36 lesser supreme gods. Now, if you have not guessed it by now, the sum of the numbers from one to 36 totals 666, which they assigned to the god associated with the sun. They did the calculation like this:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12
+ 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22
+ 23 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 + 31 + 32
+ 33 + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666
2007-04-21 06:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by tovah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a group of people (not sure where they are) that believe their leader is the antichrist.
They believe that he is not evil but. They believe that he is some one to help usher in the end of days. Since, 666 is the number associated with what must people believe to be the antichrist, these follower (some, not all) are showing their support by having the number tattooed on their bodies.
2007-04-21 06:52:53 · answer #2 · answered by rogue_adept 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the number of the Antichrist (the beast) - but haven't a clue what's going on in Columbia! It says in the bible that in the last days the antichrist will come and people who are deceived by him will bear his mark - some people think that it will be 666 tattooed on them.
2007-04-21 06:45:36 · answer #3 · answered by Delerious? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
666.is the sign of the devil,they wear it to look tough,but 666 is suppose to be the number and sign of the devil and the god of hell.
2007-04-21 06:58:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
666 is supposed to be the number of the antichrist. but i'm not sure how exactly it will be used. read revelations.
2007-04-21 06:44:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
666 is an Aryan Brotherhood tattoo, as well as the number of the beast (Satan/Anti-Christ, etc.)
2007-04-21 06:45:12 · answer #6 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
666 is the number (symbol) of the magical beast, anti-Christ, pure evil, whatever.
2007-04-21 06:46:04 · answer #7 · answered by meg3f 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
666 was the number of the beast in revaluations. Revaluations is the most nonsensical book of the bible and you can pretty much interpret it any way you want.
2007-04-21 06:43:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Look in the book of Revelation in the Bible.
2007-04-21 06:43:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the sign of the devil (not a good sign) it says in the people if you take the sign you won't get into heaven
2007-04-21 06:43:51 · answer #10 · answered by badgirl1832 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋