Anyone who knows me would tell you that the only way I would see 6:06am is if I hadn’t yet gone to bed, and today is no exception.
It’s six minutes past six in the morning of the sixth day of the six month of the sixth year in this millennium, abbreviated that means that right now it’s 6:06, 06/06/06. I’m about to go to bed after working through the night, a bad habit I have gotten myself into. But just as in may when another interesting date occurred, I couldn’t go to bed without waiting just those few minutes for the clock to tick around to 6:06 on the date some have dubbed as ‘the Devils day.’
According to the BBC news website, Dutch evangelical Christians who believe that todays date has great significance for Satanists who revere the number 666, are to hold a round-the-clock prayer vigil to ward off the evil forces.
The happy clappy Christians are going to counteract ‘evil forces’, that may or may not be at work today, by holding what they confusingly refer to as a “violent day of worship.” I’m not entirely sure what a “violent day of worship entails but if I hear ‘Shine Jesus Shine’ even just once I swear I’ll do something evil myself!
The reason why some Christians are wary of todays date is because of a reference to a similar number to todays date in the Bible.
Revelation 13:18 states: “If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number. His number is 666.”
Although 06/06/06 isn’t actually the ‘number of the best’ there is sure to be some attention paid to todays date and its closeness to 666. Indeed 20th Century Fox is using todays date to launch a remake of the classic 70’s horror flick, The Omen.
People suffering from hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia might also choose to stay in bed today. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is apparently the full medical term for people who suffer from a fear of the number 666. (I wonder what the medical name is for people who suffer from a fear of long words?)
I’m pretty sure today will pass without incident though. However it’s still early yet and anything can happen.
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Christian lovefest in the Netherlands
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Dizzying facts about the actual number 666
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2006 at 3:34 pm
We almost received our new car on the 6/6/06 – well, at least the paperwork told us so. But what a relief when the phone rang last week: the car dealership told us that our car was ready for an earlier pick-up!
I don’t know what we would have done otherwise. Maybe attaching a Saint Fabian plaque on the dashboard might have helped. I have been informed that carrying one of these might protect you against any sort of evil in some parts of Portugal. And so do fluffy dice dangling from the rear mirror – but only if they come in an odd number.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2006 at 3:57 pm
“People suffering from hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia might also choose to stay in bed today. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is apparently the full medical term for people who suffer from a fear of the number 666. (I wonder what the medical name is for people who suffer from a fear of long words?)”
Its only a joke term, but people refer t the fear of long words as “Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia”
You can read more about it on the link below :o)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Wrote the following comment on Jun 7, 2006 at 10:56 pm
I wonder if there is a word for the fear of not being able to pronounce long words? Or not being able to pronounce the word for the fear of long words? Or being afraid of fearing not being able to pronounce long words?
Wrote the following comment on Jun 8, 2006 at 3:36 pm
I wrote a blog post about this on my blog, which really just linked here. It’s called “Satanic dates and other fruit and vegetables.”