Question: Is the number 666 really scary or is it just the christian church making some lie about something? well there is really no bad in the number, and if there is a satan what about his life story? well you don't see almost every one talking about how some movie made him look bad or anything like that.....if you know more about his story i want to know it beacuse i want to know what he did that badly that he is consetered to be the most evil thing on this eath!!!!!!!

Answer: The Bible doesn't say that 666 is the devil's number, it says it is the "mark of the beast".  Many biblical scholars hypothosize that the book of Revelation wasn't actually talking about future "end times" type stuff, but that it was actually speaking in code about the Roman Empire, that was severely persecuting Christians during the time.  Many believe that 666 actually comes from the Hebrew way of writing people's name in code, and actually stands for the emperor Nero (or maybe Domitian, but that's a debate for people way more academic than me)
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