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\"\"<\/a>Today we got up to the Book of Revelation in my class on the Bible. One student in his presentation mentioned the amusing argument at Rusty Brain<\/a> identifying George Bush as the antichrist. The relevant section reads:<\/p>\n

George W. Bush = 666 in code<\/strong>. Here\u2019s scientific proof. Take each letter of the alphabet and assign it a number, starting with A=1. Add up the letters of Dubya\u2019s name, which totals 130. Now multiply 130 x 5.123076923076923, which is the average height of the weeds growing at Stonehenge measured in Hellenistic cubits. The mark of the Beast!<\/p>\n

For more apocalyptic humor as the end (of the semester) approaches, check out these other numbers of the beast<\/a>. All these are old jokes, but they may be new for some of you. I think my favorite is the \u201cbeast common denominator\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

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