# Explain how Satan designed the Great Seal of the USA! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592 "2006-01-19T02:07:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/21 "2006-01-20T14:31:13Z")
> [@6 6 6](#): > > This can also be made to “work” using Roman numerals. 😃 > \*\* > DCLXVI + MCX = MDCCLXXVI > \*\* Well with a name like that, who can argue? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/22 "2006-01-20T17:39:12Z")
On the other hand, there is E. Raymond Capt and various Anglo-American-Israel believers who see the Great Seal as the Heraldry of our Israelite heritage. ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/23 "2006-01-20T18:43:52Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > vzzz…bzzz…meez duvvvv… Freddy is the devil! Gooooooooooood Morning VIETNAM! Back on track (as much as there can be with a topic like this), another “satanic” connection is the prevalence of 13 in the seal: 13 levels on the pyramid, 13 stripes on the shield, 13 stars, 13 leaves and 13 fruits on the olive branch, 13 arrows, etc. “They” will try to cover up the devilish connection by trying to point out that it simply refers to the thirteen original colonies. Obviously a smokescreen to blind the public! For the “jewish conspiracy” buffs, there’s also the fact that the 13 stars are laid out in a hexagram (plus a central 13th star): aka, a Star of David. {by the way: Rubidium = devil? Why? My google-fu keeps coming back to chem pages that include the kuprenickel (devil’s copper) derivation of Nickel’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/24 "2006-01-20T19:53:43Z")
There is more crack-pot theory about this [here](http://www.geocities.com/endtimedeception/seal.htm) ---
**Author:** ![redeyedskunkape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@redeyedskunkape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redeyedskunkape)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/25 "2011-06-11T09:00:02Z")
666=DCLXVI 1776=MDCCLXXVI MDCCLXXVI Minus DCLXVI = MCX (1110) 1110 Minus 666= 444 (CDXLIV) (scrambled placement of DCLXVI/666) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/26 "2011-06-12T14:17:46Z")
Well, since I missed this the first time around, may I just mention that **Mbossa** is now on my list of SDMB Heroes? And brains, etc etc so forth. ---
**Author:** ![williamlovejr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e57/32.png) [@williamlovejr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamlovejr)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/27 "2015-09-23T07:06:38Z")
> [@Mbossa](#): > > It’s quite obvious how it was encoded. Take rubidium, the most evil element of all. It has an atomic number of 37. It is also the **second** most electropositive element, so multiply 37 by 2 to get 74. Subtract 74 from 666 to get 592. One of the main uses of rubidium is the polarization of 3He, so obviously you must multiply 592 by 3 to get 1776. > > Come on, how could you have not known that? It’s pretty common knowledge. I never heard about this before. This is something new to me. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/28 "2015-09-23T08:44:37Z")
It’s a joke. Rb is atomic number 37, and 37 is the largest prime factor both of 666 and of 1776 (both of which are multiples of 111, or 37\*3). I was going to say something about how the Patriots deliberately rebelled with thirteen colonies instead of twelve or fourteen out of sheer perversity, and I might have then cast aspersions on the very existence of Delaware, but I suppose that would be confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/29 "2015-09-23T20:18:11Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > It’s a joke. Rb is atomic number 37, and 37 is the largest prime factor both of 666 and of 1776 (both of which are multiples of 111, or 37\*3). > > I was going to say something about how the Patriots deliberately rebelled with thirteen colonies instead of twelve or fourteen out of sheer perversity, and I might have then cast aspersions on the very existence of Delaware, but I suppose that would be confusing. Delawhere? It is a mythical place, made up like Atlantis or Thule. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/30 "2015-09-23T22:12:51Z")
There’s nothing to explain. Satan doesn’t exist (and never has). ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/31 "2015-09-23T23:03:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > There’s nothing to explain. Satan doesn’t exist (and never has). [The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYXXhn9fMYs) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/32 "2015-09-23T23:10:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > There’s nothing to explain. Satan doesn’t exist (and never has). [Wanna bet?](https://cretoniatimesdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/cheney3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cracked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Cracked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cracked)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/33 "2015-09-24T00:15:42Z")
Seriously, while I believe that forces of evil exist in this world, I do not believe this conspiracy theory. First of all just because it’s a coincidence does not make it evil. “Live” is “Evil” spelled backward. This means that all that living things are evil. Seems rather childish if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/34 "2015-09-24T01:46:10Z")
Satan Must have designed the Great Seal of the USA. It all started as a plot to make Nicholas Cage look Smart… ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592/35 "2015-09-24T07:31:03Z")
Oh come now. You won’t convince that Old Scratch doesn’t have at least _something_ to do with the individual state seals. It is not a being of great benevolence (and taste) who decided that [pre-Geocities era clip art was the pinnacle of taste](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seals_of_the_U.S._states). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-satan-designed-the-great-seal-of-the-usa/340592.md?page=1)