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Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six. Revelation 13:16-18

This page has two beast number calculators:
Beast Number Calculator	Calculates a number from a name or phrase according to various numerological schemes.
Ultimate Beast Number Calculator!!	Finds a numerological scheme that will make almost any name or phrase have the number of the beast!!
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The Online Number of the Beast Calculator

The Number of the Beast is a number mentioned in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is generally accepted to be 666, but there are some who make a case for the number being 616. It is debatable what the number refers to. It could be the Antichrist, or a being controlled by the Antichrist. Some scholars think that the number is a code for the Roman Emperor Nero. Some think it could be a number or mark connected with commerce.

I have coded the numerological calculations into a Javascript form, below, that you can use to find the number corresponding to any name or phrase. The basic idea of these codes is that you assign a number to each letter of the alphabet, and then add up all the numbers for the letters of a particular name. It is all done in Javascript; no Java is required (Because sometimes people prefer to disable Java for improved browser security. Although Javascript is not entirely free of security risks, some people settle on the compromise of disabling Java and allowing Javascript for normal use, see Note 1). All the calculations are performed right here on the page. You don't need to download DLLs, programs, or a Java engine, just use the Javascript interpreter that is normally built in to the browser system. Note: Just because I have coded a numerological calculator does not mean I am a numerology follower.

The number schemes mentioned here are all documented by Michael Gilleland in "The Number of the Beast: A Numerological Primer" (see Links).

The Beast Number Calculator

Use the "Input Name" box to enter a name or phrase. If you enter the text given for an example, it should calculate the number of the beast for that number scheme. You will get a listing of the number values in the name, followed by the sum. Spaces will be ignored. Case insensitive except for ASCII scheme.

Input Name:

Scheme/Sum

Values

Example

Status:

Roman Numeral:

Vicarius Filii Dei

Result Sum:

Tolstoy_Scheme:

LE EMPEREUR NAPOLEON

Result Sum:

Bungus_Scheme:

Martin Luthera

Result Sum:

numerology scheme:

Hitler

Result Sum:

Gary D. Blevins:

A Ronald Reagan

Result Sum:

Ascii Scheme:

BILL GATES 3

Result Sum:

("3" here stands for "III")

The Ultimate Number of the Beast Calculator!!

You might have noticed from the above how people with an axe to grind seem to have come up with one numbering scheme after another in order to get the name of their nemesis to correspond to the number of the beast. This prompted me to think of coding the following random numbering scheme form, which, given any particular name, will attempt to generate random numbering schemes until the sum of the letters in the name adds up to the result, which of course is the number of the beast. Try it out- too short or long a name may not work, but if you get a Status "Time Expired" message, you can click the button to try again (The Javascript may take up to 3 seconds at a time to search for a solution). For example, if you enter "Gordon Brown", you may find that by allocating 24 to "A" and adding 3 to get the number of each successive letter, you will get the number of the beast.

If there is an error, one of the following may be displayed:

Error

Description

Invalid Digit

One of the letters is not valid

Invalid Length

The name is probably blank (no letters)

Undefined

An unknown letter was input

Links

I have listed below some links relevant to the above subject:

The Number of the Beast: A Numerological Primer
This site succinctly summarises most of the numerology schemes mentioned above, as well as others based on Hebrew and Greek alphabets and provides code for a Java applet.

Number of the Beast
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

666 Watch
Various articles including a survey of different opinions about the number of the beast and who might be associated with it, and on what it is.

666, The Number of the Beast
An article with a number of interesting pictorial illustrations.

Beast Number
Mathematics of the Beast Number from MathWorld.

The Number of the Beast
More mathematical properties.

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