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IandEye
but rather the theory that white Christians with cushy jobs and tattoos are full of bs and work for evil without even knowing it, ot even worse, knowing it.
While I am not religious , I am white, have a few tattoo's and get paid well for the hard work I do..Tell me again how I am full of it or work for evil?
DocHolidaze
reply to post by IandEye
post-script: Im talking here about the "civilized" world and anyone who is a part of it, not Samoans, Apaches, or people for who tattoos mean something other than what Disney character you wanted to be. ouch.....
Your entire thesis was destroyed by these words, If you believe in the bible as you indicated then you would know that we are all Gods children and it doesnt matter what race you are. EPIC FAIL.
usertwelve
reply to post by IandEye
Then you're gonna hate these guys
jesustattoo.org
spartacus699
I think the mark of the beast is either:
1) they were talking about roman money from that time period
2) it will be the new way of banking, a microchip implant
Because the mark of the beast is about "money". It says that a man cannot buy or sell without the mark. So how can it be a regular tattoo? It can't. Tattoos are sexy, all they are is a fashion statement. People have been doing things for fashion since the dawn of time. it's not that big of a deal.
IandEye
sulaw
reply to post by IandEye
the theory that white Christians with cushy jobs and tattoos are full of bs and work for evil without even knowing it, ot even worse, knowing it.
So I take it your a Christian with a job making minimal profits and no tatoos and not full of bs and not working for evil....
Bent out of shape, sum'd it up...
Your theory is beyond flawed and sounds more like a child crying that they couldn't get there "My little pony" tatoo.
not white, not Christian, self-employed in international illegal business.....and no tats, just scars of life.
thanks for contributing1
IandEye
usertwelve
reply to post by IandEye
Then you're gonna hate these guys
jesustattoo.org
oh- did Jesus have tattoos? I wasn't aware of that.....I thought it was against the Judaic culture to do that to one's body.
I have a large mole on my left buttocks. Does that count as well? Is it only tattoos?
WeRpeons
reply to post by OrphanApology
I have a large mole on my left buttocks. Does that count as well? Is it only tattoos?
OOOOOOOOh, that's baaaaaad. You're marked to burn for eternity, lol. In order to be saved, you have to cut off your left cheek. loledit on 11-10-2013 by WeRpeons because: (no reason given)
it further states
“Such, then, being the state of the case, and this number being found in all the most approved and ancient copies [of the Apocalypse], and those men who saw John face to face bearing their testimony [to it]; while reason also leads us to conclude that the number of the name of the beast, [if reckoned] according to the Greek mode of calculation by the [value of] the letters contained in it, will amount to six hundred and sixty and six…(portion elided)…I do not know how it is that some have erred following the ordinary mode of speech, and have vitiated the middle number in the name, deducting the amount of fifty from it, so that instead of six decads (author’s note: a decad is 10) they will have it that there is but one. I Others then received this reading without examination; some in their simplicity, and upon their own responsibility, making use of this number expressing one decad; while some, in their inexperience, have ventured to seek out a name which should contain the erroneous and spurious number.” [Roberts 558]
In this illuminating passage, Irenaeus states that 666 is the reading found in the most reliable copies of Revelation, including those copied by men who saw John. In addition, he acknowledges the existence of the 616 reading, but considers it erroneous, attributing it to copying errors and the failure of some to properly examine the authenticity of the alternate reading.
As the knowledge of Greek decreased in the ancient world, many translations of the Greek New Testament into the common languages of the people were created. These early translations agree in their readings of Revelation 13:18. The 5th century Armenian, the Syriac of the 6th century, the Old Latin of the 13th century, the Coptic, and the Latin Vulgate all agree that the number of the beast is 666.
so 300 text are all wrong and 616 is the real number? yea right and Obama is bush in disguise
CONCLUSION
“And his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” This statement from the last days’ prophecy of Revelation 13 gives a clue to the identity of the antichrist. God’s stated purpose in this verse is that we understand it correctly. This is especially true for those of us who live in the days immediately preceding the coming of Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, some have questioned the accuracy of 666 as the number of the beast. Some have suggested that 616 is the real number. However, the majority of almost 300 Greek manuscripts, including the oldest and most valued, along with the evidence of early church writings and translations, all stand together as a great witness to the authenticity of 666 against a rather small set of four manuscripts and one early writer that make their claim for 616.
By Dave Novick
Endtime Magazine – Nov / Dec 2007