MythTickle by Justin Thompson for October 28, 2008

I don’t get it. Someone explain it to me, okay?

And Damien from the Omen movies. They featured creative ways to off people but weren’t all that scary.

Dr., do you know 667, the Neighbor of the Beast?

It’s been known for decades that 666 was a mis-translation. I wonder if 616, the real number, will ever get the same recognition.

I thought it was especially funny when people were inducing pregnancies, so their kid wouldn’t be born on June 6th 2006 and instead had them by plan on june 1st, 2006, 616,

“Gods” are scared of the Antichrist?

hey, runar! don’t forget “333” - the half-brother of the Beast!

actually there is still controversy over the mis-translation, some believe that it should actually be 6 to the power of 6 to the 6th power. that’s a much bigger number!!

There’s been a viral e-mail making the rounds, claiming Obama is the Anti-Christ.

Go fig.

I rather liked Heinlein’s postulate that the correct translation would be 6 to the sixth power, to the sixth power, and might represent the number of possible universes accessible from any given universe.

Well, at least it makes as much sense as the book of revelation.

That whole ‘666’ thing is a bunk, and the newest ‘hoodoo’. It’s not even a number. Just like the infinity sign is not an eight on its side. It was a post-Renaissance idea based on a misinterpretation of an old Judeo-Christian Reinterpretation of even older Farsi-Arabic mystical scribblings. It doesn’t even mean ‘beast’ either in the allegorical or literal sense. And it certainly has nothing at all to do with the so-called anti-christ because it predates anything having to do with christianity - ancient or otherwise. THAT re-RE-interpretation is the product of the late 17th through 20th century pulpit-pounders and witch-hunters.

Everything has something to do with christianity, because if it didn’t to begin with the christians would latch onto it and change the meaning.

interesting shade of blue-grey, too

Yeah…that’s it! That’s how you ID the spawn of Satan. Light shade of blue skin and three sixes on the forehead. Yeah…that’s the ticket! Anybody got any torches? I already have a pitchfork.

And for your information Obama is NOT the anti-christ, he’s Elvis after undergoing gene therapy! I have the link to the site somewhere…..

“Simon_Jester says: There’s been a viral e-mail making the rounds, claiming Obama is the Anti-Christ.”

I’ve heard that too, Simon. But I can’t help but feel that logic is flawed. I don’t think I portrayed the A.C. properly in this strip either really, it’s just a cartoon, but I look at it this way: The AntiChrist would have to be the opposite of Christ, right? Well, it seems to me that since Christ was a male, the A.C. would likely be a woman, hmm? Since Christ wore borrowed and worn robes, the A.C. would have to have a helluva wardrobe, huh? Also, Christ was from the Middle East, a torturously hot area to be sure. Then wouldn’t the A.C. likely be from a very cold climate? Like say,… oh, I don’t know, Alaska maybe? Just wonderin’. j

Since the Sherpa days? Wow! Thanks, Doc!

j

J there are more than a few of us that remember you from Comics Sherpa. Your move to the regular page was one of those few things that went right with the world. The tin can Knight has always been one of my favorites. Even my wife liked the one of his friend Sir Dyslexic and the “bar”.

Coming out of my lurkdom to let you know that, while I only found Mythtickle about a month ago, I found it so good I bought a Pro membership just so I could see the older strips. Keep up the awesome work!

Antichrist (αντί + Χριστός (anti + Christos)) does not necessarily mean “opposite of Christ. In Greek, αντί means not only anti in the sense of “against” and “opposite of”, but also “in place of”. Biblical scholars usually interpret the term as someone who will substitute himself for Christ to mislead people (which is why so many protestants consider it to be the pope).

Thanks for coming out, harperking. I hope we hear from you again sometime.

j

You all do know that just about every politician and major religious figure from the any number of Popes to Ronald Reagon and Walt Disney has been accused of being the Anti-Christ. They’ve been making up rumors along these lines LONG before email.

“It was a post-Renaissance idea based on a misinterpretation of an old Judeo-Christian Reinterpretation of even older Farsi-Arabic mystical scribblings.” Oy gevalt, don’t bring the Jews into it. That was a Christian thing. This whole mishegoss is not our idea! Those crazy goyim…