"666" sense: Date marked with caution

"666" sense: Date marked with caution
While some say June 6, 2006, is a day to fear for its biblical significance, officials see little to dread.
By Howard Pankratz
Denver Post Staff Writer



With June 6, 2006, rapidly approaching, authorities in Colorado and elsewhere are carefully watching to see if that date - 6/6/06 - spurs demonstrations or violent activity.

They are aware that 666 signifies the Mark of the Beast or the Antichrist to some organizations and believe June 6 is a date that could trigger problems.

"It's been a conscious question among some of our folks, so they've been on the lookout for something," said Lance Clem, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Public Safety. "But they haven't seen anything."

Even so, some local police are being vigilant.

"The bottom line is that our intelligence unit is familiar with 666 and its significance, but we don't have any information about anything taking place in Colorado Springs," said Lt. Rafael Cintron of the Colorado Springs Police Department. "However, we are certainly keeping our feelers out to see if anything is happening."

Some dates and anniversaries can be calls to action for white supremacists, racists, and conspiracy and prophecy theorists.

April 19, for example, is the anniversary of the raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas; the Oklahoma City bombing; and the raid on white separatist Randy Weaver's home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.

The Number of the Beast, 666, is mentioned in the Bible's book of Revelation and is believed by some to be when the Antichrist will exercise power over Earth.

The Internet is full of websites that predict terrible things could happen June 6.

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Islam isn't the only religion that has a large number of wacko's and the easily fooled in its folds. Anyone remember the nuts gathering in the Holy Land before the millennium to wait for Christ to come riding back into the Holy Land on a white horse? Well it didn't happen and the only thing significant about 06/06/06 is its the anniversary of D-Day and the day before my birthday.

Some people act as though the calender and the numbering system we use today was used 2000 years ago. That's not so and any combinations of numbers associated with dates are just that dates and nothing more.

Do doubt I've went and offended some people of the religious persuasion with this post and for that I'm not in the least bit sorry. I don't do the crazy stuff and have no patience with those who do.