Superstitious nonsense
Published by Jeff, March 1st, 2004 in SillinessPassion tickets bear ‘mark of the beast’
ROME, Georgia (AP) — Tickets at one movie theater screening Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” are being deemed decidedly unholy.
The number 666, which many Christians recognize as the “mark of the beast,” is appearing on movie tickets for Gibson’s film at a Georgia theater, drawing complaints from some moviegoers.
The machine that prints tickets assigned the number 666 as a prefix on all the tickets for the film, said Gary Smith, owner of the Movies at Berry Square in northwest Georgia. The 666 begins a series of numbers that are listed below the name of the movie, the date, time and price.
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In the Bible, the book of Revelation says 666 is the “number of the beast,” usually interpreted as Satan or the Antichrist.
Several patrons have made comments about the numbers, and one person who was uncomfortable having 666 on her ticket asked for a pass to be substituted for a ticket.
*sound of my head hitting the desk*
Haha, that is awsome! I want one now.
Perhaps they will show up on eBay?
I think they should show Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” as part of a double feature.
“What was that?–Gregory (Terence Bayler)
“I don’t know. I was too busy talking to Bignose.”–Cheeky (Eric Idle)
“I think it was ‘Blessed are the cheesemakers.’”–crowd member
“Ah, what’s so special about the cheesemakers?”–Mrs. Gregory (Carol Cleveland)
“Well, obviously, it’s not meant to be taken literally. It refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.”–Gregory
awww, I think I’m going to grab the DVD and watch this movie again tonight.
*singing*
Always looks on the bright side of life… *whistling* always look on the bright side of life..
Of course if someone makes a movie out of Tom Robbin’s “Another Roadside Attraction” in which someone kidnaps the mummified body of Jesus (not to be confused with Jesus the ball-licking bowler from “The Big Lebowski”) from a basement in the Vatican and keeps it in the closet at a hot dog stand, that would probably be even better.
I’ve always called Christianity a big superstition, but Jesus, I didn’t mean it literally. Now I guess I do.
In any case, I do believe Revelations states that the number of the beast is “a man’s number… 666″. Um, last time I checked, a movie ticket IS NOT A MAN, YOU STUPID SHIT!
Your wish:
Ticket on Ebay
ACTUALLY, it says 666 is a human number.. And that’s because maybe God and Satan have different numbers