Trresh Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Ack...I can't believe I just typed it. I just noticed the number of visitors for the site was 666 (I did it again ~shudder~). It's silly, I guess, but if my total at the store is $6.66 I'll grab a pack of gum or something to change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Not particularly. I mean, I wouldn't choose it as my favorite number or anything (I'm a Christian) and I wouldn't intentionally use it either. My grandmother went through Burger King one time and her total was $6.66 and she had them change it LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tara~ Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Nah, I don't generally give thought to that sort of thing. However, that being said, I did notice last week that my Swagbucks total was 666, so I went over and snagged an Amazon gift card for 450 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsha Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 The phone numbers in our area have 666 as the the first 3 digits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana B Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 The phone numbers in our area have 666 as the the first 3 digits. I had a friend who lives in an area like that. It doesn't bother me. I am a Christian, but I see it as just a number. Yes, the Bible says it is the mark of the beast, but that doesn't mean every time we see the number it is evil. We really don't know WHAT it means - but I am confident that when it is representing the mark of the beast, I will know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homebody2k Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 My date of birth is 1/6/66 I get weird looks sometimes :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amey311 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 NPR did a story a couple years ago about some archeologists (??) had revisited those old texts and said that the "number of the beast" is actually 616. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0425_050425_papyrus.html The latest volume includes details of fragments showing third- and fourth-century versions of the Book of Revelations. Intriguingly, the number assigned to "the Beast" of Revelations isn't the usual 666, but 616. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 There's a Heinlein book in which a character maintains that the second two sixes are actually exponents (six to the sixth, all raised to the sixth). Now that's not a number you're likely to encounter too often! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I'm not superstitious, so... no. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, that number doesn't freak me out. DH and I did joke that the mole on the back of her head was really the Chinese number "666" when she was going through her colic stage though. Dad laughed. Mom was not amused.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoforjoy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Ack...I can't believe I just typed it. I just noticed the number of visitors for the site was 666 (I did it again ~shudder~). It's silly, I guess, but if my total at the store is $6.66 I'll grab a pack of gum or something to change it. In a weird, culturally superstitious way, akin to how I feel about walking under ladders or the number 13. I know it's silly and it's baseless, but I'll still have that flash of :eek: when confronted with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) Not at all. I did get a chuckle when wealthy friends of the retiring President Ronald Wilson Reagan (add the letters :tongue_smilie:) purchased him and Mrs Reagan a home at 666 St Cloud Road in Bel Air. Mrs Reagan, having a little clout (and being highly superstitious) was able to pull strings in town and got the address changed to 668. Bill Edited October 4, 2011 by Spy Car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No. Not at all.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trresh Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 In a weird, culturally superstitious way, akin to how I feel about walking under ladders or the number 13. I know it's silly and it's baseless, but I'll still have that flash of :eek: when confronted with it. That's how it is with me, too. I know better but I still feel a tad uneasy. It's the same with a black cat crossing my path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogMom5 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Mostly no. But once in a while, for just a moment, it gives me the creeps. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 It doesn't bother me. I am a Christian, but I see it as just a number. Yes, the Bible says it is the mark of the beast, but that doesn't mean every time we see the number it is evil. We really don't know WHAT it means - but I am confident that when it is representing the mark of the beast, I will know it. This. It's just a number, and in the Bible it's symbolic. When it pops up at random it doesn't bother me at all. I am also not bothered by 13 or black cats or other superstitions--and I do think that being freaked out by 666 is superstitious. Christians believe in a loving God who is a god of reason. He is not going to curse anyone because of a number on a receipt or address--nor do those things make us somehow more vulnerable to evil spirits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 It was 665. I'm the 666. I just logged on to freak you out. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, not at all. I'd have to believe in what makes the number important, in order for it to bother me. Since I don't...it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeslieAnneLevine Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, not in the least. I also really like the number 13 as it's my son's bday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 While I'm not bothered by it for something like a grocery total (other than that better be $6.66 not $666.00) or the number of members present at the hive, I don't particularly want it tattooed across my forehead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertDweller Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 It used to a little bit. It would just seem to jump out at me when I saw it, but not so much anymore. We had a van for several years, and the license plate started with 666. That was a bit disconcerting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoforjoy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, not at all. I'd have to believe in what makes the number important, in order for it to bother me. Since I don't...it doesn't. I don't think you need to even know, much less believe in, the reason behind a superstition to have some reaction to it. I have no idea what the deal with the number 13 is, or black cats crossing your path, or walking under ladders, or breaking mirrors, or opening umbrellas inside. I just know that they are supposed to be "bad luck," and while I don't really believe in luck, I also prefer not to have bad things happen to me ;), so the idea that something could be a portent of bad things eeks me out a bit. 666 works the same way for me. I completely disagree with the biblical reasons for finding it scary--that isn't how I think Revelation is meant to be interpreted--but it's so culturally associated with bad luck/bad things that I probably would have a silent moment of "Oh no!" if my lunch rang up to $6.66. I'd still eat it, but I'd have an "eek" moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoforjoy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 While I'm not bothered by it for something like a grocery total (other than that better be $6.66 not $666.00) or the number of members present at the hive, I don't particularly want it tattooed across my forehead. That is true, but I'd personally be equally against having 888 tattooed across my forehead, and 8 is my favorite number. (It's so round and inviting, and it looks like a tiny snowman, and my mom and I were both born on the 8th.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I would like to say no, but I did decide on a different middle name for my youngest son to avoid all three names having 6 letters. Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2jjka Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 A bit....(and looking at my post count - I'm going to have to make sure I do a double post some time this week.) :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, why should it? If we were not using the decimal system, the same number would look entirely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, but 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 gives me chills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trresh Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 A bit....(and looking at my post count - I'm going to have to make sure I do a double post some time this week.) :glare: You should make it in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 It makes me giggle a bit. *bag on head smilie* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.m Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, but 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 gives me chills. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, but 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 gives me chills. :lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No. It reminds me of the band Iron Maiden, which I confess I listened to in my early teenage years while in my heavy metal phase lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Nope, I don't believe in Satan. :iagree: It's just a number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 It doesn't freak me out b/c "greater is He who's in me than he who's in the world", BUT........ OVer 20 years ago when my dh and I lived in MI, I was getting my license or something renewed. In walks a man carrying a license plate and he was returning it b/c it had that group of numbers. Also, and I can't remember this well, but even earlier than MI, about 25 years ago, when dh and I lived in Milwaukee, WI we went to the store and the total actually came to that and we grabbed something or it was close to it. Fast forward to last week. I told my 12 yo dd about these 2 situations last week. I told her if it happened again or was about to, I'd grab anything at checkout to "add" to the total bringing it up. Well, don't you know our local grocery store sells fresh homemade pizza. It's regularly $11.99, but on Mondays it's $7.99. Well.........they had a coupon for $2.99 bringing it down to $5.99. You guessed it. I knew it was close and was in position to grab something. The total came to $6.65. I couldn't believe it. I do stay away from that number. Will not get a phone or house number with that string of numbers. OK, am I weird, or are others with me on this? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, but 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 gives me chills. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, but 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 gives me chills. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I had a friend who lives in an area like that. It doesn't bother me. I am a Christian, but I see it as just a number. Yes, the Bible says it is the mark of the beast, but that doesn't mean every time we see the number it is evil. We really don't know WHAT it means - but I am confident that when it is representing the mark of the beast, I will know it. :iagree: No, but 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 gives me chills. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Martin Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I am not a superstitious type so no. On the other hand, I wouldn't personally choose it in something if I had a choice. Like I would not have a Vanity Plate made that said 666. On a strange note, we lived in NM for four years. There was a highway numbered 666 and it had a lot of deaths on it-it was a one lane highway in very rural area where drinking and driving was popular and that is why there was a high death rate on it. Nonetheless, the legislature changed the highway number because of complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyable Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, but 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 gives me chills. :D I admit, it freaks me out a bit. Not a lot. But I was very pleased when I moved into a town that had primarily 666 as the first 3 digits of the phone number and I got a 668! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I'm superstitious by nature, but this number doesn't do anything for/to me. Maybe because I didn't grow up with a Christian background. 13 makes me squirm a bit (as in room numbers, floor levels, anywhere that can become a timeless void LOL), but Friday the 13th doesn't phase me so much anymore. Not since my kid was born on it, and we both survived unscathed :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 In some cultures multiply 6s are considered lucky. It doesn't bother me at all. One of our realtors was so happy because we got 3 sixes in our phone numbers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I once had a customer at Starbucks who made me void out and re-ring his entire transaction so he could pay me differently, so his change didn't come out to $6.66. :001_huh: eta: I have a 666 in my social security number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I was a friday 13th baby too, and I like to think that my parents were darn lucky! :D 666, meh. I guess there is a little twinge, I wouldn't choose it (I wouldn't want to give the false impression of supporting the dark side) but after a second or two I doubt I'd even think about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home_s_Cool Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I don't interpret the book Revelation as the future - so it doesn't bother me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 NPR did a story a couple years ago about some archeologists (??) had revisited those old texts and said that the "number of the beast" is actually 616. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0425_050425_papyrus.html No, the number never freaked me out but I found this positively amusing. I have been telling people this for years but it doesn't seem to make any difference at all. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, but 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 gives me chills. :lol: Yeah, hubby is not allowed to fly on any flight with those numbers. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No, but 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 gives me chills. Being clueless, I had to look this up... Nope, those numbers don't bother me a bit. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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