Criticism of the number 616
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In religion and belief
616 ("six hundred and sixteen", or "six hundred sixteen" in American English) is believed by some Christians to have been the original Number of the Beast in the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible. Different early versions of the Book of Revelation gave different numbers, and 666 had been widely accepted as the original number. In 2005, however, a fragment of papyrus 115 was revealed, containing the earliest known version of that part of the Book of Revelation discussing the Number of the Beast. It gave the number as 616, suggesting that this may have been the original. [1][2]
This caused Peter Sagal on the USA's National Public Radio program Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! to quip that Hell must be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as Grand Rapids' area code is 616, and prompting radio host Mancow Muller to proclaim that the final battle between good and evil would take place there. (There is a Hell, Michigan, but its area code is 734.)
It was suggested by Graeme Garden in an episode of QI that if 666 was the number of the Beast, 616 was the fax number of the Beast.
In Online Names
666 is often used by people who are 10 years old, and like to seem "tough". In reality, all they do is ensure laughs.
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