To begin with, as my old posts have dealt with, the mark of the beast or the number "666" is mentioned in the following section of the Christian's New Testament Bible. Revelation 13:15-18
15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666. (NIV Bible)
All real historians and Christian theologians admit that the mark of the beast and the number "666" specifically are historic references made by the anonymous author of the Book of Revelation to the Roman Emperor Nero Caesar (also spelled Neron Caesar). The anonymous author of the Book of Revelation used what is called gematria in the Hebrew language to make a secret code for Nero Caesar as the beast: who oppressed the Christians in Rome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast
Quote- Some scholars contend that the number 666 is a code for the Roman Emperor Nero.[13][14][15][16][17][14][16][18][19][20] Charagma is well attested to have been an imperial seal of the Roman Empire used on official documents during the 1st and 2nd centuries.[21] In the reign of Emperor Decius (249–251 AD), those who did not possess the certificate of sacrifice (libellus) to Caesar could not pursue trades, a prohibition that conceivably goes back to Nero, reminding one of Revelation 13:17.[22]
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However, rumors circulated that Nero had not really died and would return to power.[29] It has also been suggested that the numerical reference to Nero was a code to imply but not directly point out emperor Domitian,[30][31] whose style of rulership resembled that of Nero and who put the people of Asia Minor, whom the Book of Revelation was primarily addressed to at the time, under heavy taxation.[32]
The Greek spelling, "Nerōn Kaisar", transliterates into Aramaic as "נרון קסר", nrwn qsr. The Aramaic spelling is attested in a scroll from Murabba'at dated to "the second year of emperor Nero." [33] Adding the corresponding values yields 666, as shown:
| Resh (ר) | Samech (ס) | Qof (ק) | Noon (נ) | Vav (ו) | Resh (ר) | Noon (נ) | Sum |
| 200 | 60 | 100 | 50 | 6 | 200 | 50 | 666 |
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Lastly on this point, that in Christian theology the mark of the beast aka "666" was simply a historical gematria code in Hebrew that was used to refer to Nero Caesar, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Caesar#Christian_tradition
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Some modern biblical scholars [190][191] such as Delbert Hillers (Johns Hopkins University) of the American Schools of Oriental Research and the editors of the Oxford & Harper Collins study Bibles, contend that the number 666 in the Book of Revelation is a code for Nero,[192] a view that is also supported in Roman Catholic Biblical commentaries.[193][194]
The concept of Nero as the Antichrist is often a central belief of Preterist eschatology.
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So "666" almost certainly meant Nero Ceasar whom the Roman people thought actually had not died and would return to rule the Roman Empire one day. Neron Caesar again adds up to "666" in Hebrew gematria, and even more telling the spelling "Nero Caesar" (that is Nero instead of Neron, which is a different method of spelling the same name) adds up to "616" in Hebrew gematria and this variant "616" is found in many early Christian New Testament manuscripts in place of "666" for this verse Revelation 13:18! Adding more clear evidence that this verse of the New Testament means Nero Caesar and thus is in that historical context.
As for the stupid Christian missionary claim I am addressing here, the lying claim is made at this following link (among others): http://makofthebeast.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html
One of the images given by these Christian missionary fools is the following, this image below has one top a pair of swords, the Arabic letters of the word "Allah" (meaning God in the Arabic language), followed by another odd looking sword! Then below these images the bottom line has the Greek language text of "666" taken from the New Testament Book of Revelation 13:18 (again in the original Greek language text).
These pathetic anti-Islamic Christian missionary charlatans claim that if you "flip" the middle character in the bottom Greek language text of "666", in Revelation 13:18 of the Greek Bible, this Greek character allegedly "looks" like the Arabic script for Allah. By claiming this these Christian missionaries are asserting that Islam and Allah are allegedly the Antichrist or the "666" mark of the beast mentioned in the Bible (which historians tell us means Nero Caesar anyway): Almighty Allah forgive me for repeating these evil kaafir disbelievers claims! One of the many good refutations of this Christian missionary insanity and propaganda is the following post from this Islamic forum from a poster named "Gajibur": http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-22387.html
Quote- Here's my answer to this propaganda. Firstly, the presenter of this little propaganda film shows his deep ignorance, because like brother "sahih baba" indicated rather sarcastically, the Arab Christians also call God "Allah". Arab Jews also call God "Allah", Why? Because "Allah" is the Arabic word for God. The Arab Christians and Jews were using the word 'Allah' way before Prophet Muhammad(s.a.w) was even born. They think the Muslims invented the word 'Allah' but it was in use before Islam. So now this ignorant presenter has to say that those christians and jews were also worshipping the devil. :lol: .
Secondly, the Greek symbol for '666' only has a slight resemblance as far as i can see to the Arabic 'Allah'. Therefore it is quite desperate on their part to say the word 'Allah' is the same as the Greek symbol for '666'. What about those "x" shapes i saw in the Greek symbol for '666', why have the Christians conveniently forgotten about that.
Thirdly, Christian prophecies say that the Antichrist will deny Jesus(a.s) came from God. Islam does not deny this, in fact Islam says Jesus(a.s.) came from God and that he was a prophet of God. So according to Christian scriptures Islam can't be a satanic or Antichrist religion because it does not deny Jesus(a.s.) came from God.
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The silly Christian missionary website I cited and posted the image from above again includes swords, claiming these are the "X" looking letter or Greek character from the Greek language version (or translation) of "666". See this link with an original Greek language version of the Christian New Testament Bible: http://gknt.org/gnt/chapters.html
For Book of Revelation 13:18 see: http://gknt.org/cgi-bin/gnt?id=2713
In fact again this "X" like character or letter from the Greek New Testament of Revelation 13:18 is actually just the Greek letter X! And looks nothing like the Saudi Arabian coat of arms (emblem) which again has two swords crossed hooking clearly downwards which would be a very deformed alleged "X"!
Greek"X" or Chi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_%28letter%29:
To conclude the Christian missionary clowns have nothing but their own imaginary claims made by flipping the Greek text sideways and claiming these Greek letters allegedly look somewhat like the Arabic word "Allah" (meaning God in the Arabic language). And then also these deceptive Christian missionaries claim the "X" and other Greek symbols included in the Greek of Revelation 13:18 allegedly look like "swords" which these Christian missionaries claim look like alleged "Islamic" swords (putting aside the "sword" is not an Islamic symbol as the religion of Islam forbids symbols as idolatry, the Christian missionaries only try to use the Saudi monarchy's coat of arms or emblem). As I showed the Saudi Arabian coat of arms looks nothing like a standard "X" shape as the two crossed swords in the Saudi coat of arms have sword blades that hook sharply downward and could only be called a very deformed alleged "X"! As for the last shape or "sword" the Christian missionaries use in their image, this is not a symbol found in any Arabic or Islamic source whatsoever (much less some alleged "symbol" of the religion of Islam as these Christian missionaries absurdly try to claim)! It is just a random hook like blade, that actually looks nothing like the Greek language text below it: showing the Christian missionary liars are just grasping at straws.
The last sword image the Christian missionaries put on the Arabic section of their deceptive photo actually looks a little like a flipped around picture of this Roman Gladiator sword/big dagger I found called the "Sica": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sica http://www.lonelymountain.hoplologia.org/roman.htm
This particular Christian missionary claim against the true religion of Islam reminded me of another thing American Christians are famous for doing. That is claiming they allegedly found images of Jesus Christ on different food items! These include claims of Christians that they have found alleged "images of Jesus" on such benign food items as grilled cheese sandwiches, potato chips, cheetos, bananas, etc! http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Religious_pareidolia
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nwzchik/category?cat=1182
Jesus allegedly on a grilled cheese sandwich LOL!
A Cheeto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetos that allegedly looks Jesus: nicknamed the Cheesus! Followed by some photos of other regular Cheetos.
Another famous image many desperate Christians make claims about is this image below of what these Christian claim is the face of the "devil" in the fireball of the second plane hitting the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.
Apparently these Evangelical Christian nutcases see this kind of stuff everywhere!
Bringing up "9/11", here are some good links on that:
http://www.ae911truth.org/
http://pilotsfor911truth.org/
http://www.kersplebedeb.com/mystuff/s11/churchill.html
(Above: "Some People Push Back: On The Justice of Roosting Chickens"By Ward Churchill
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/fiveisraelis.html(Above: Five Dancing Zionist "Israeli" Mossad agents arrested on September 11, 2001 dancing and celebrating in New Jersey across the river from Manhattan as the World Trade Center towers burned)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone
(CIA created "al-Qaeda" aka al-CIA-duh!)
http://www.rense.com/general61/myths.htm
(CIA created "al-Qaeda" aka al-CIA-duh!)
http://killinghope.org/
(Above: Excerpts of a good book "Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since WWII" by American author William Blum
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Rogue_State_Blum.html
Another good book: "Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower" by William Blum
Also the list of food products were Evangelical Christians claim to have seen images of Jesus or the Virgin Mary could go on and on! These lying Islamophobic Christian missionary clowns are refuted.
