What's The Fascination of Fundies With The Number "666"?

[Baker]

@septimus

Wilson was just his mother’s maiden name and doesn’t count.

The real Anti-Christs are Barack Hussei Nobama and his 3rd-term stand-in whose maiden name was Hilary Dianne Rodham.

Lyndon Baines Jonson was another Anti-Christ, though he tried to hide it with a silent H. The Devil will do tricks like that.

No, Wilson was his middle name, although yes, it was his mother’s maiden name. But that was a common practice, giving the mother’s maiden name as a second name to a son. The junior high school I attended was named for Al Landon, governor of Kansas and failed Democratic presidential nominee, (He lost to FDR) The school was Alfred M. Landon Junior High School, the M standing for Mossman, his mother’s maiden name.

It’s kind of funny, using a language that didn’t exist at the time of Christ, to say one name or another is indicative of the AntiChrist.

[Loach]

In a casino I once won a sizable pot in 7 card stud when a guy folded after he got a 3rd 6 up. I was happy to take the money.

[dtilque]

@foolsguinea

Well, have you survived a mortal wound?

Well, I was in a bicycling accident earlier this year. Had to spend a day in the hospital. Nothing compared to being shot by Hinkley, though.

Or stood in the place of your fathers and rejected their teachings?

Actually, those may be attributes of other figures in the Apocalypse, but they are indeed Reaganesque.

Which of his fathers’ teachings did Reagan reject? And how many fathers did he have?

[Fool_in_the_Rain]

I find it interesting the Catholic Diocese didn’t fight to have the address changed in my old hometown:

Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur, 666 Broad Street (1933) – Ernest Cormier, architect, Romanesque style. Replaced the original wooden parish and church for French-Canadian congregation in 1875, Bell Tower was removed and façade flattened in 1971-1972. Walter F. Fontaine designed the school building on the west end and it opened in 1910, it was the largest school in the diocese.

http://www.mybroadstreetri.com/historicvalue.htm

It still has the same address today. When I was a kid, there used to be rumors that at certain times of the day when the sun was juuuuuuuuuust right you could see in the shadows evil faces in the decorative stone work along the roof line. For the record, I personally never saw them…and I have no idea if the rumors continue today.

[chaika]

@Zeke_N.Destroi

My understanding of French is that when you have le preceeding a word beginning with a vowel sound “le” and “la” become " l’ ". Kind of like in English it is “a radish” but “an apple”.

You’re right. Pierre is delighted that the phrase L’Empereur Napoleon adds up to 666. The use of L’ is correct because of the vowel. What the previous poster may have been recalling is that Pierre also tries to find a similar phrase that will indicate how Napoleon will be defeated. He tries L’Empereur Alexandre and La nation russe but they don’t add up to the right number. So he decides on L’russe Besuhof, even though he knows it is incorrect to remove the “e” from “Le” in this case. Pierre believes that this means he will personally play some significant role in defeating Napoleon. Of course, Tolstoy presents both the numerology and Pierre’s conviction of his own role in world events as completely absurd.