I find this ignorant: Mothers Postpone Births to Avoid 6/6/06 NEW YORK - Around the country, some superstitious mothers-to-be took steps Tuesday to make sure their babies were not born on the most bedeviling of dates, 6-6-6. In New York, "people are canceling left and right because of what today represents," said Liza Washington, an administrative assistant at Children's Hospital of the New York-Presbyterian Medical Center. More than a dozen deliveries were postponed because of 666, which is said to be the "Number of the Beast" in the Book of Revelation. Julie Haley, 33, of Reading, Mass., went into labor Monday. As of Tuesday afternoon, she still had not given birth. "We were going to try to get it out before midnight or I was going to keep my legs closed," she said. "I don't want her to have that stigma for the rest of her life. When she gets older, her friends would say that anything bad would be because of her birthdate." A Chicago obstetrician, Dr. Scott Pierce, performed a C-section on Monday on a woman who didn't want her son to be teased about his birthday and called names like Damien from the movie "The Omen," about a sinister boy who turns out to be the Antichrist. A remake of the classic horror film was released on Tuesday. Pierce, who works at two Chicago-area hospitals, said he and his colleagues canceled any deliveries scheduled for Tuesday. But he added, "I'll do nothing that is ethically not indicated." Pierce said that in general, about 25 percent of all births involve C-sections whose timing can be controlled "give or take a day." And about 30 percent of births are natural, but labor is artificially induced, allowing the timing to be controlled as well. In Wichita, Kan., a woman suddenly realized that her delivery date was June 6, and asked her doctor to delay the birth, said Dr. James Whiddon of the obstetrics and gynecology department at Wichita Clinic. Another baby was born early because of 666. Tabitha Unternahrer of Wayland, Iowa, was supposed to have a C-section on Tuesday but called her doctor and had the date moved up. Her daughter, Taryn Reney, was born May 31. "About two weeks ago I realized the date and called and told them it had to be moved," said Unternahrer, whose decision was triggered by a dream about complications in childbirth. Rebecca Zerkin scheduled her baby girl's birth by C-section for the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year — on purpose. "I did it because June 5 is my birthday and I wanted us to each have our own birthday," said the 35-year-old teacher, still on painkillers as she held her five-hour-old infant at Manhattan's St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. As for the superstition, "I couldn't care less. The date is easy to remember." Jill Haub, born on June 6, 1966, celebrated her 40th birthday on Tuesday. She is a mother of two boys and teaches sixth-graders in Yukon, Okla. "When I tell people my birthday, the ones who are really brave give me the look and say, `That's scary!'" said Haub, a practicing Christian. "And I say, `Actually, I have an extra 6 — born on 6-6-66 — so that's four sixes. I'm good, not evil.'"
Not sure if you guys heard about this before, but apparently "666" is most likely a mistranslation of the original "Number of the Beast," which is supposed to be "616." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/616_(number)
Damn it, isn't anything in the Bible correct? Next thing you'll know they'll find a scroll saying Jesus retired in Iberia, Peter was wife beater and Paul was gay.
Along those same lines is speculation that "666" or "616" actually refers to the Roman Emperor Nero, which mc mark mentioned earlier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero
I slept through the whole day. I am sure my TV wasn't working on 06/05/06 and when i woke up from the 06/06/06 my TV started working. I think during the sleep my brain downloaded the devil program or maybe updated it.
Well my 6/6/6 sucked. I got robbed. I live in England, and they took my US passport (with residence permit), my laptop and my golf clubs. **** YOU BEAST!!!!!
RC Cola that was actually what i wanted to say, i was also told that 666 is a code for the emperor Nero (and i would probably be seen by the Christians of that time as a Beast, and monster) A good friend of mine has 6 as his lucky number, he was so happy on 06-06-06. He looked forward to that day for months
link BORN AT 6AM ON 06/06/06, HIS MUM WAS INDUCED FOR 6 DAYS, HE WEIGHS 6LBS 6OZ AND HE'S CALLED.. DAMIEN By Richard Smith HORROR film fan Suzanne Cooper yesterday named her baby Damien after the devil child in the The Omen, who was also born on June 6. Suzanne went one better than the movie by hitting the full Number of the Beast with the date - 6/6/06. Special needs teacher Suzanne, 36, was also induced for six days before Damien arrived at 6.59am, tipping the scales at a spine-chilling 6lb 6oz. She said: "We are overjoyed about the baby. The Omen is one of our favourite films and that's why I was keeping my legs crossed for a birth on the 6th. "It does seem a bit weird I suppose, but he's a perfect baby - nothing at all like Damien in The Omen." Dad Michael rushed Suzanne to hospital in Bristol last Wednesday afternoon after she began suffering back pains. The baby was due on Saturday and doctors decided to induce her straight away, but little Damien refused to arrive until yesterday. Suzanne went into labour in the early hours and Damien was born shortly after 6am. Electrical engineer Mike said: "It was a devil of a birth - a bit of a horror show. Once she went into labour it was straightforward, but six days in hospital is a long time to wait. "Suzanne and I love watching horror films and we were both keeping our fingers crossed that he would be born yesterday. "It took a fair bit of persuasion for Suzanne to let us call him Damien but it seems fitting considering the date." The baby also arrived on the day the remake of the 1976 film The Omen was released in the cinemas. A spokesman at Bristol's Southmead Hospital said: "We would all like to say congratulations on the birth of their new baby. "We're very pleased that all went smoothly with the birth and we are happy to have been involved." Kerry Laing, who also gave birth to a baby boy yesterday, told how her gran Helen, 79, phoned family to tell them they had named him Damien. Kerry, 20, from Cardenden, Fife, had actually called him Rhys.
Faos, do you realize that you used 6 emoticons? Oh, and "Damien" has six letters, as does "Cooper". Wonder if his middle name has six letters....
6 is THE lucky number in Chinese culture so 666 is considered to be Super lucky. I bet lots couples wedded yesterday and many moms wished they could have the baby on 6/6/06. Funny world... hmm
