{"id":43163,"date":"2014-06-20T14:41:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T20:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/20\/the-numbers-of-the-beast.html"},"modified":"2014-06-23T13:23:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T19:23:37","slug":"the-numbers-of-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/20\/the-numbers-of-the-beast.html","title":{"rendered":"The Number(s) of the Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"
Part of what's remarkable about the most conservative and True Believing corners of Christianity is how much of what passes for Biblical orthodoxy is simply traditions about Biblical interpretation — and, in a lot of cases, not-very-old traditions.\u00a0\ufeff<\/div>\n

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The Mark of the Beast Demystified\u2014Or, I\u2019ve Got 666 Problems but the Rapture Ain\u2019t One of Them<\/a>
\n Growing up with dispensationalist parents and acquaintances, the end times, Antichrist, and mark of the beast were topics that came up not infrequently. Add in Pentecostalism, Satanic Panic, and an…\n <\/p>\n

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Part of what's remarkable about the most conservative and True Believing corners of Christianity is how much of what passes for Biblical orthodoxy is simply traditions about Biblical interpretation — and, in a lot of cases, not-very-old traditions.\u00a0\ufeff The Mark of the Beast Demystified\u2014Or, I\u2019ve Got 666 Problems but the Rapture Ain\u2019t One of Them … Continue reading “The Number(s) of the Beast”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,381,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-conspiracy-nuts","category-religious-zanies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29042,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/nom-defends-biblical-marriage-including-the-not-so-nice-bits.html","url_meta":{"origin":43163,"position":0},"title":"NOM Defends Biblical Marriage — including the not-so-nice bits","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Aug-12 6:43am","format":false,"excerpt":"Actually, faced with a description of marriage traditions from the Old Testament that would strike most modern people as ... well, appalling, if adhered to today, NOM's answer is, \"Yes, well, um, but notice they all involve men and women!\"Uh ... yeah. \u00a0 Embedded Link NOM Defends Biblical Marriage, Including\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&gadget=a&resize_h=100&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2FBiblical-Marriage-Infographic-300x215.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":135345,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/roy-moore-biblical-basis-30-year-old-guys-hitting-14-year-old-girls.html","url_meta":{"origin":43163,"position":1},"title":"On Roy Moore and the Biblical basis for 30 year old guys hitting on 14 year old girls","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 10-Nov-17 8:17am","format":false,"excerpt":"I confess I abhor Roy Moore and his theocratic leanings far too much to allow myself to easily enjoy the allegations of his scandalous behavior from forty years ago.The sources seem credible (these are not local Democratic activists or Mitch McConnell's distant relatives), and the only open question seems to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Holy-Family.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":137408,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/31\/the-biblical-basis-for-a-modern-holy-war.html","url_meta":{"origin":43163,"position":2},"title":"The Biblical Basis for a Modern Holy War","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 31-Oct-18 7:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Washington state Rep. 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