666 is actaully 616??

The infamous Mark of the Beast may not be the one everyone thinks.....

Here is a story that sheds some new light on the "Mark of the Beast"....and thank goodness.
Most of my I.Ds (all of them in fact- Social Security Card, driver's licence, my credit cards) have "666" embedded in parts of the numbers.
I havnt shaved my head to see if the numbers are there though......

Can I breathe a sigh of relief now??
Read on.....

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The Truth Behind the Ominous 666
02-May-2005

Tom Anderson writes in the Independent that 666 is NOT the "number of the beast"—that's actually 616.
A newly discovered fragment of the book of Revelation, from the oldest copy of the New Testament that's ever been found, has been deciphered, and theologian David Parker says the number was mistakenly translated as 666.

666 is an example of the Hebrew habit of assigning numbers to people's names. Revelation, instead of being a prophecy of future events, was actually a book written in code, so as not to get the writers in trouble with the Roman censors. 616 (formerly 666) refers to the Emperor Caligula, not to the "antichrist."

Other mistranslations in the Bible occurred when the King James version was first translated into Enlgish from the original Hebrew and ancient Greek texts. "Thou shall not suffer (allow) a witch to live" was actually "Thou shall not allow a poisoner to live." The "Red Sea," where Moses parted the waves to allow the Jews to escape the Egyptians, was actually the "Reed Sea," probably a marsh. This conjures up images of the Jews getting away from the pursuing Egyptians on foot by stepping on the plants that grow in marshy conditions, while the Egyptians, with their high technology (for that time) chariots, became trapped in the muck.

The King James version of the Bible was translated into English in the early 17th century, the same era in which Shakespeare wrote his plays. Those who wish to make a literal interpretation of the Bible should realize that if they can't easily comprehend Shakespeare's language, they won't readily understand the King James Bible either.
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Warm Regards for a nice weekend to all.....