Christians: Does a Merchant’s inadvertent use of 666 within their Phone # cause you to NOT use their services?
Posted on September 26th, 2009 by admin
Christians,this IS a serious Question.
I am referring to a situation where you are seeking the services of a Merchant (a Service Provider, Salesman, Repairman, etc.) via a Billboard advertisement, business vehicle advertisement, and/or the Yellow Pages, and note that the merchant’s Business telephone # contains the numbers "666", probably issued inadvertently & innocently by the Telephone Company.
DOES this in any way influence your decision to use or NOT to use the merchant’s services ?
I will appreciate your answering this Question honestly & seriously, as I am engaged in a debate concerning this very issue with a business associate.
I don’t worry about what numbers come up where, that’s just silly.
However, I do make a concerted effort to NOT use the services of businesses who advertise themselves as "christian" or "christian-based" companies. Anyone who has to advertise their religion is not living it any way.
September 26th, 2009 at 8:48 am
I would not use a company that had 666 in their phone number if it could possibly be avoided. I also would not live in a house with 666 in the address.
If this makes me seem superstitious, so be it. God has already said what he thinks of this number, and I do believe numbers have definitions. A company doesn’t *have to* accept the telephone number the telephone company gives them.
website about Biblical numerics:
http://www.asis.com/users/stag/godcount.html
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September 26th, 2009 at 9:36 am
im not christian.
i have similar experience with this phenomenon.
i worked at this restaurant years ago. a certain combination of food would come out to $6.66 after tax.
9 out of 10 customers would buy something else to change the price.
i always found this to be hilarious.
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atheist
September 26th, 2009 at 10:08 am
No. As a Christian I am not into numerology or superstition, both of which are sins against faith and against the First Commandment.
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September 26th, 2009 at 10:20 am
I don’t worry about what numbers come up where, that’s just silly.
However, I do make a concerted effort to NOT use the services of businesses who advertise themselves as "christian" or "christian-based" companies. Anyone who has to advertise their religion is not living it any way.
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September 26th, 2009 at 10:30 am
That would fall into the realm of superstition and it has no place in the life of a born again Bible believing Christian. Taking the mark of the Antichrist will be something specific that one makes a conscious decision to take and it will be on the right hand or the forehead, not in the phone number of some merchant they want to do business with. Anyone who shies away from such a thing really needs to sit down and study the word of God more seriously.
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