666 Appears on Some 'Passion' Tickets
Associated Press
Monday, March 1, 2004
ROME, Ga. -- 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.
'It's from our computer and it's absolutely a coincidence,' Smith said. 'It has nothing to do with the film company or any vendor. It's completely in our computer.'
In the Bible, the book of Revelation says 666 is the 'number of the beast,' usually interpreted as Satan or the Antichrist.
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The movie, which opened Wednesday, is a bloody depiction of Christ's final hours and crucifixion.
In Rome, Georgia, no less. That's what you get for opening on Odin's Day.
