Evil
The Second Beast - 11 Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. 13 It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. 16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.
Maybe it’s just me, but 20th Century Fox’s glorification of evil has really got me bothered. Yes, the date happens to be 6-6-06, but did the studio really need to play up the whole 666 thing? I realize the movie “The Omen” is supposed to be about the birth of Damien, the Anti-Christ, but come on… Why go there?
I echo your sentiments
It was an overcast gloomy day here in San Diego and I’m sure many people are blaming the whole 6/6/06. I see it as a blessing 
<cite title=”Irving Wallace, ‘The Plot’, 1967″>What fools we mortals be.</cite>
I echo your sentiments
It was an overcast gloomy day here in San Diego and I’m sure many people are blaming the whole 6/6/06. I see it as a blessing 
I was going to post a bit more on this subject, but decided against it. The thing that has bothered me most about this movie and the marketing behind it is there is a MySpace site devoted to the movie, and there were 30,000+ “friends” and countless comments on the movie page. Many of the comments were ultra-supportive of 666, with kids making comments like “Happy 666 Day” and whatnot. *sigh* What fools we mortals be.