# Osama Bin Laden = 666? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 16, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-laden-666/82019 "2001-09-16T21:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonfromdenver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jonfromdenver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonfromdenver)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-laden-666/82019/1 "2001-09-16T21:42:54Z")
i can’t find it anywhere on the net, but i would think that religous tycoons would be looking into the symbology in bin laden’s name: seeing if it equals 666 in english, jewish, or arabic. i haven’t heard anything about the situation in relation to numerology. has anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-laden-666/82019/2 "2001-09-16T21:47:10Z")
I’m sure someone’s trying it. I’m also sure it’d be easy enough to find a way to get ‘666’ from the name, then couch it in a spuriously fevered chain email and send it on. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-laden-666/82019/3 "2001-09-16T21:47:42Z")
Somebody did do it on this board. I wouldn’t be too impressed, though; the algorithm they used could probably be changed to get anyone’s name. ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-laden-666/82019/4 "2001-09-16T22:47:58Z")
Look for Barney = 666 around on Google. I saw one site that showed how to derive 666 from any name. I can’t remember the URL for it though (sorry). ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-laden-666/82019/5 "2001-09-16T23:10:56Z")
[This](http://www.greaterthings.com/) website might be your best chance for finding some entertaining theology on the events of the last week. Specifiacally, check out the “Alphabetics” button at the website. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-laden-666/82019/6 "2001-09-16T23:11:07Z")
Nero Caesar = 666 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-laden-666/82019/7 "2001-09-17T03:06:45Z")
Well, I found the thing for looking up your name to see if it adds up to 666. **However** , it turns out to be a Melissa-type worm virus that only purports to do this. As soon as you enter text in the box, it starts doing its “virus” thing. So, um, I’m not going to post the link here. :eek: Well, anyway, here’s the “Is Barney Satan?” link. Heh. [http://graceweb.org/Laugh-A-Lot!/Barney666.html](http://graceweb.org/Laugh-A-Lot!/Barney666.html) And here’s how to use ASCII code to prove that Al Gore is the Antichrist. From Lockfist’s link. Hee. > **[Payday Loans & Bad Credit Loans From Payday UK](https://www.paydayuk.co.uk/)** > > Get an Instant Cash Loan from Payday UK. Paid out within 10 minutes - Loans from £50 to £5,000 - Good & Bad Credit - Secure UK Lenders. INSTANT DECISION. Dubya, strangely enough, is not the Antichrist. > **[Payday Loans & Bad Credit Loans From Payday UK](https://www.paydayuk.co.uk/)** > > Get an Instant Cash Loan from Payday UK. Paid out within 10 minutes - Loans from £50 to £5,000 - Good & Bad Credit - Secure UK Lenders. INSTANT DECISION. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-laden-666/82019/8 "2001-09-17T09:06:34Z")
_Anybody_ can be the Antichrist… see [this article](http://www.ansible.demon.co.uk/writing/ft107.html) by SF critic/humorist Dave Langford. (You can even get the software [here](http://www.ansible.demon.co.uk/ai/freebies.html), though I must admit I haven’t tried it out.)