06/06/06

Yesterday was June 6, 2006 - 06/06/06 - or 666. I just read an interesting article from the Discovery Channel saying that the date (and the number 666) shouldn't be feared. While many believe that 666 is the mark of Satan, Phillips Stevens Jr., associate professor of anthropology at the State University of New York's University at Buffalo, says "the number of the beast" refers to Rome, Roman emperors, and Roman cults of god and emperor-worship - and the despotic emperor Nero in particular. As I've gotten a little more into religion, it's been interesting to see all the things that people think they know about the Bible that either aren't true or could reasonably be interpretted in a number of divergent ways. I suppose that's why there is so much contention over religion.