"Beasting" a mortal sin?

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I recently read about the association of a former US President with six letters in his first,middle and last name with the number 666, the number of the beast in Revelations. Several years ago, I heard this practice referred to as “beasting”. In particular, I read then that someone can be “beasted” by taking any combination of personal attributes and coming up with 666. I’ll use an example that can’t possibly apply to anyone so that I don’t “beast” someone unintentionally. A person is 150 years old, has three children and lives at 216 Elm St. You multiply 150 by 3 to get 450, then add 216 to get 666 and you have “beasted” the person. My question - isn’t it a sin, possibly mortal, to “beast” someone, even in one’s own thoughts?
 
Personally I think too much is read into the whole 666 thing 😉 I am sure I could find a way to come up with that number for anyone on the planet :rolleyes: It is ment to be simbolic. Actual numbers don’t even figure into the whole sceme of things.
 
:mad: Bet even without trying very hard you could do this to anyone. I agree deliberate slander is a grave sin.
 
Oh stop please. You can apply mathematical games to anyone and have this apply.

It’s rubbish.
 
If you do it in order to seriously claim that someone is the Beast of Revelations, then it’s slander, which is of course a sin.
If you do it for amusement, then (in my opinion) it’s stupid at best and flirting with slander at worst.
If it’s an idle thought, not done on purpose, well then it’s an idle thought and no more.
 
Also remember that the number is six hundred sixty six. NOT “three sixes.” People overlook that all the time.
 
Gamera said:
Also remember that the number is six hundred sixty six. NOT “three sixes.” People overlook that all the time.
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I never thought about it that way. It always bothered me when my paychecks or bills or something came out that way.

It always bothers me to hear phone numbers that have that in it too. But if you look at a phone number as a whole, it’s not that number. The only three digit phone numbers I know of are 411 and 911.
 
It helps to remember that in Roman numerals, the number six hundred sixty six is DCLXVI. Written that way, “six hundred sixty six” would look nothing like “three sixes.”
 
I find it ironic that the movie “23” is actually being released on the 24th.

Why couldn’t they release it on the 23rd?

The world in ending!!!
 
Doesn’t this concept fall under numeralogy? Therefore, should not be practiced at all?
 
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If it’s an idle thought, not done on purpose, well then it’s an idle thought and no more.
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Agreed. Our thoughts get ahead of us so easily I can’t imagine a thought being a mortal sin. Which is not to say that we shouldn’t rein them in to the degree possible.
 
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I never thought about it that way. It always bothered me when my paychecks or bills or something came out that way.

It always bothers me to hear phone numbers that have that in it too. But if you look at a phone number as a whole, it’s not that number. The only three digit phone numbers I know of are 411 and 911.
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I wanted to give my son a number I could enter when calling his pager so he’d know it was me and I came up with “Mom” which turned out to be 666 on the telephone keypad!:eek:
 
There is a state road just north of my town numbered 666 (called “triple six” actually). It’s commonly known as the “Devil’s Highway” because of the huge number of people who have been killed on it. (I was personally well acquainted with four people who died in different accidents.)

It finally got to the point where even those who aren’t superstitious became uncomfortable with the whole situation, and a year ago the number of the road was changed to SR 491–but everyone still calls it “triple six”…:eek:
 
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