Posted on 05/02/2006 2:00:25 AM PDT by Guard Dog
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.
One website warns that the "Bible Code says 2006 A.D. is the Year of the Beast" and predicts that the Antichrist will reveal himself. It also says there may be a holy war against Israel and that the United States and Russia would be drawn into a dangerous conflict as a result.
Several major law enforcement agencies in the Denver metro area have seen no signs of trouble and aren't planning to beef up manpower.
Since 1970, there have been 60 terrorist attacks on June 6, with just one in the U.S., according to the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism in Oklahoma City.
Chip Ellis, the institute's research and program coordinator, said he has seen nothing to indicate anything bad will happen June 6. If something does develop, Ellis does not believe it would necessarily involve neo-Nazi, white- supremacist types. Rather it could be "anarchists and anti-globalists" who are tied into the counterculture and relish "the chance to stick their thumb in the eye of the establishment," he said.
Laird Wilcox, a Kansas-based expert on domestic extremist groups, believes dates can be overemphasized. He cites in particular the concern about the year 2000.
"What I see happening is something like the millennium controversy where everybody was talking about it and then nothing happened," he said. "I think this has occurred on every anniversary. Everybody anticipates some catastrophe, and nothing ever occurs."
But Kerry Noble, a Texas businessman whose life has changed dramatically since the days he was second in command of a paramilitary religious group known as the Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord, said June 6 carries much significance to fringe groups that may be looking to make a statement.
"Numbers are important in the movement," Noble said. "So anything you could interpret as being symbolic would be even more important. So a symbolic date like June 6 of this year, being 666, would have the equivalence of a 9/11 date or an April 19 date."
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.
But, two of those "ominous" April 19 events were perpertrated by the FBI. Who should we really be afraid of here?
Another thing. Whenever a newspaper article ties into the bible or christianity they go out of there way to find the kookiest examples possible. Like his unnamed web site that declared 2006 to be "the year of the beast". I'd almost bet he made that up.
The thing that bothers me the most about this article is that he sets up a premise, then consults and "expert":
Ellis, the institute's research and program coordinator, said he has seen nothing to indicate anything bad will happen June 6.
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Laird Wilcox, a Kansas-based expert on domestic extremist groups, believes dates can be overemphasized. He cites in particular the concern about the year 2000.
And then despite his premise being knocked down he makes a thinly veiled attempt to suggest that "white supremacists, racists, and conspiracy and prophecy theorists" and "paramilitary religious group known as the Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord" are christian groups.
any minute now, we will have the nostradum BS hitting the sidewalks...
At 56.78 seconds past 12:34 am every day - a puppy dies.
They also say we're all gonna be killed by a comet on May 26th so who cares?.....:))
Y2K redux. Is your bunker still stocked up?
What is this "Mark of the Breast"?
My youngest was going to graduate from high school on 6-6-06, but then I guess the school board realized some people might object and changed it to the 8th. LOL!
Who knows? Maybe we will deport 666 ILLEGALS that day?
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I thought 2010 was the big year ... the year we make Contact and Jupiter implodes into a new star.
I graduated from high school on or near June 6, 1966 (6/6/66). Nothing happened. Except, how many were killed in Vietnam that day?
DDD
Trust me, nothing of a Biblical nature is going to happen on 6-6-06.
Doesn't the '0' screw up the sequence.
One would think that a '666' anti-Christ purist would be more fearful of June 6, 66 A.D. or would have to wait until June 6, 6666 A.D. for dreaded doom.
But even THAT is not pure '666' evil because technically there are four 6's.
A bunch of Nazis worrying about a repeat of D Day?
I graduated from high school on or near June 6, 1966 (6/6/66). Nothing happened. Except, how many were killed in Vietnam that day?
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Back then everybody was looking forward to June 9, 1969, that was the really big DATE!!
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