06/06/06

6th day of 6th month of 6th year stirs fear

Jessica Coomes and Kerry Fehr-Snyder
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 6, 2006 12:00 AM


Today's a devil of a day.

Some people abandon all hope for the once-a-century date bearing the mark of the devil: 666.

Others don't mind the sixth day of the sixth month of the century's sixth year, or 06/06/06. advertisement




Kate Rosenbaum turns 6 years old today.

The Scottsdale first-grader is celebrating with a Jeep tour in Sedona.

Expectant Gina Uriarte of Phoenix is dilating and trying to hold onto her baby until at least Wednesday.

The 666 reference comes from Revelation 13:18: "This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six."

The beast for some is the Antichrist.

The Rev. Felix Just, a professor of theology at the University of San Francisco, says many people avoid 666.

"They're afraid of it almost, and there's absolutely no reason to be afraid of it," Just said.



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