"This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666."
The first time I heard about 666 was in high school. My dad's cousin, whom I referred to at the time as a bible fanatic, had self-published numerous pamphlets and booklets on the prophetic books of Daniel and Revelation, the impending Russian invasion of the Middle East and the coming oil crisis-- all pretty much a bummer for a young lad about ready to graduate. He, among others, believed that Social Security was mixed in somewhere and I began to envision a world I really hoped to avoid.
I mostly figured 666 would not be "literal." But I worried a little when the license plates for my dad's red VW bug arrived--RA 666. And when one of my first checking accounts had 666 in the middle of the account number, I made the bank change it. I'm sure the banker thought I was nuts.
But now, today, as I was reviewing the stats for the number of "hits" my blog has received, you guessed it: 666 hits!
So, please, anyone, anybody! Read this post and get me out of a heap of trouble!
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