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**tuszit** · 03-09-2008, 03:49 AM

To all members:

In 1987 or 1988, when I was staying in USA for a few years, some Orthodox people were talking about something they learned from a correspondent student of Orthodox theology who was a doctor of medicine. This doctor told them that recent to that time, man had cracked the genetic code and learned that every living creature had a number of genes or something else related to genetics that was numbered, set and unchangeable.

According to these people, every creature has a different number. A dog is 35 or 39; a horse is 45 or 49 - I can't remember which animal's number ended in 5 and which in 9. Man's number is 666!

This of course was very profound in that the Book of Revelation gave that number for man without explanation as to why it should be that number in particular. Now was not only the explanation evident but also proof that the content in Revelation is truly prophetic and surpassing scientific "wisdom".

Why was it being revealed after all that time? Was this a sign of the times?

The Internet was not yet invented then, but in this century I conducted www searches and found no such information nor anything to the contrary. Even in the 1990s I read through a lengthy National Geographic article on DNA and found nothing about a number assigned to every living creature. If the breakthrough was true, what happened to the data? Is it being suppressed?

Do any forum members know anything about this? I assume that doctors who studied for their degrees entirely before or after 1987 or 1988 would have no knowledge of this genetic number. So are there any doctors who were med. students in 1987 or 1988 that are forum members? Can he/she or they shed any light on this topic please?

In Christ, victor

I think this is an "urban legend." I graduated from medical school in 1980. The genetic code has to some degree been figured out, in that certain genes control certain aspects such as hair color, eye color, etc, and certain genes (or their mutations) have been mapped and are known to be markers for certain diseases. A "normal" human male is 26 XY chromosome number, and a female 26 XX number. However, there are thousands if not millions of genes that make up each chromosome, and therefore an individual's DNA-certainly way more than 666.

That's why DNA can be used as criminal evidence like a fingerprint because there are so many possibilities, i.e. infinite, that every human is unique and hence can be used as an ID. I think the "666" is more a function of certain Protestant groups fascination with the mark of the Beast and and paranoia surrounding 666, than it has to do with any medical substance of fact re genetics. People are always looking for something to explain "666" or to see it in things that proves the end is near, or that Revelation must therefore be true.

Who needs to prove Revelation? Having not been Orthodox that long, my simplistic assessment of Orthodox eschatology is that "He is coming back." That works for me!

Doug

03-09-2008, 03:49 AM	#2
tuszit Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	To all members: In 1987 or 1988, when I was staying in USA for a few years, some Orthodox people were talking about something they learned from a correspondent student of Orthodox theology who was a doctor of medicine. This doctor told them that recent to that time, man had cracked the genetic code and learned that every living creature had a number of genes or something else related to genetics that was numbered, set and unchangeable. According to these people, every creature has a different number. A dog is 35 or 39; a horse is 45 or 49 - I can't remember which animal's number ended in 5 and which in 9. Man's number is 666! This of course was very profound in that the Book of Revelation gave that number for man without explanation as to why it should be that number in particular. Now was not only the explanation evident but also proof that the content in Revelation is truly prophetic and surpassing scientific "wisdom". Why was it being revealed after all that time? Was this a sign of the times? The Internet was not yet invented then, but in this century I conducted www searches and found no such information nor anything to the contrary. Even in the 1990s I read through a lengthy National Geographic article on DNA and found nothing about a number assigned to every living creature. If the breakthrough was true, what happened to the data? Is it being suppressed? Do any forum members know anything about this? I assume that doctors who studied for their degrees entirely before or after 1987 or 1988 would have no knowledge of this genetic number. So are there any doctors who were med. students in 1987 or 1988 that are forum members? Can he/she or they shed any light on this topic please? In Christ, victor I think this is an "urban legend." I graduated from medical school in 1980. The genetic code has to some degree been figured out, in that certain genes control certain aspects such as hair color, eye color, etc, and certain genes (or their mutations) have been mapped and are known to be markers for certain diseases. A "normal" human male is 26 XY chromosome number, and a female 26 XX number. However, there are thousands if not millions of genes that make up each chromosome, and therefore an individual's DNA-certainly way more than 666. That's why DNA can be used as criminal evidence like a fingerprint because there are so many possibilities, i.e. infinite, that every human is unique and hence can be used as an ID. I think the "666" is more a function of certain Protestant groups fascination with the mark of the Beast and and paranoia surrounding 666, than it has to do with any medical substance of fact re genetics. People are always looking for something to explain "666" or to see it in things that proves the end is near, or that Revelation must therefore be true. Who needs to prove Revelation? Having not been Orthodox that long, my simplistic assessment of Orthodox eschatology is that "He is coming back." That works for me! Doug
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