666

The mark of the beast? Obviously, a lot of people think so. Myself, I think they are just numbers. But how and when did numbers began to acquire religious significance? Philosophers and theologians would debate this for a long time and still not come out with a definitive answer. When the world was young, people tend to look towards the occult and numerology was somehow connected with it.

June 6, 2006. Written simply as 6-6-6. Ths sixth day of the sixth month of the 6th year of the new millenium. A lot of hoopla going on. The apocalypse they say is among us. Prayer rallies against the devil are held in some churches. Me? I go to work. If this day is really significant, then it should become a non-working day. I'd believe anything so long as it gives me a day off from work. I'd rather be fishing today than spend my day listening to corporate honchos and breaking my back trying to meet a deadline.

It's still early and the day looks really well outside from my office window. It's hot though. I think it's about 90 degrees out there today. Feels like hell. Oh wait... could this be a sign in relation to the day bearing the mark of the beast? I sure hope no one would interpret it that way. Mass hysteria can be easily invoked. Besides, the temperature was in the 90s since last month.

But then if this is a sign of the times, i am not really worried. I know I'm going to hell anyway so might as well get accustomed to the heat.