J’s Blog

Tomorrow is June 6, 2006 — 6/6/06. To some religious people, that means that something bad is going to happen on that day because the date has three sixes in it.

According to an older version of Wikipedia’s entry on June 6 (scroll down to 2006), “some people also believe on this date the birth of the Anti-Christ will occur and that dark times will follow.”

Yeah.. sure. I don’t believe that anything bad is going to happen at all. In fact, I think it will just be another normal Tuesday — no supernatural stuff, no sky turning red, no Devil coming out of the ground and wreaking havoc, no Anti-Christ showing up, etc. and ad nauseam. And besides, as Wikipedia correctly points out, the number of the beast is 666, not 6606. In fact, the number of the beast may not even be three sixes at all, it may be 616.

So it looks like people are just going to have to wait for 6/6/6000. Then again, that has zeroes in it too, so that is probably out the window also.

Believing that something bad, in a Biblical sense, is going to happen on Tuesday assumes that the Book of Revelation is about supernatural and future events, both of which I do not believe. I think the writer of Revelation meant people with his numbers:

The hypothesis that 666 is a code for a Roman emperor seems to have some historical support. The emperors were noted for their oppression of both Jews and early Christians. Both communities were known to use numerology and codes where living under Roman rule to avoid persecution. (source)

And I believe that he was writing his book for his people in his time. Do you really think he was concerned with things 1900 years into the future, or in his own time? I’ll go with what makes more sense, the latter.

On a related subject, people also think that Jesus is coming back soon, but I don’t believe that either and here’s one reason why.

Anyway, enjoy the day, despite what numbers are associated with it and just say no.. to superstition!