Cost of goods is £666. I'm I going to hell?

666 isn't the number of the devil anyway. It's 616 or something.

That hasn't been proven yet.

The majority of texts say 666 not 616.

Correct it's 616, the majority of texts are unsurprisingly younger ones that misquote. The older ones say 616.

This is why superstition makes me laugh, like floor #13 it's something that's missed out.
 
Correct it's 616, the majority of texts are unsurprisingly younger ones that misquote. The older ones say 616.

This is why superstition makes me laugh, like floor #13 it's something that's missed out.

Where have you got this from? As far as I know, there is no conclusive evidence that it is 616.
 
Where have you got this from? As far as I know, there is no conclusive evidence that it is 616.

"616

In May 2005, it was reported that scholars at Oxford University using advanced imaging techniques had been able to read previously illegible portions of a manuscript which stated 616 instead of the majority of texts which state 666.[11] The existence of manuscripts attesting to 616 had also been noted before this finding. Another early witness Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (C) (a palimpsest) has it written in full: ἑξακόσιοι δέκα ἕξ, hexakosiai deka hex (lit. "six hundred and sixteen").[12] This, along with the translation of P115, has led some scholars to conclude that 616 is the original number of the beast.[13]"

Ok that's Wiki, so take it as you wish. I think it's more in debate at the moment, but the impression I have of it is as my post above. Originally it was 616, and somewhere along the line 666 appeared.

It wouldn't surprise me that mistranslations have occurred, don't forget it's not just messy hand writing they had to deal with but wholly different alphabet systems as well. Plus 666 is a nice 'sounding' number and it could have been used for effect. Plus it's not like the church to essentially make up what it wants eh..

It's superstition so believe what you want *shrugs*.
 
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