> 666 as "number of the beast" seems to be a linguistic construct coming from the Greek language. I fail to see how that bears any significance on a book written in the Arabic culture.

For people from Arabic culture - insignificant.

For people that know the genesis of 666 and observing them from outside:
may be or may be not - significant.

Sorry, there is no intellectual dishonesty here, as you are trying to convince.

And please read again what I have written in previous comment above yet.
The "6666" matter (taken from @oraltosun quote, btw) - is only like a dotting the "i" here, the final touch.

https://apinapon.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/6666-vs-6236-verses-of-al-quran/

I don't know what you're getting at. 666 as "number of the beast" seems to be a linguistic construct coming from the Greek language. I fail to see how that bears any significance on a book written in the Arabic culture.

I think it's intellectually dishonest to attach absolute meanings based on local social constructs.

And 6666 is a different number altogether, which might have a different meaning. On top of that, I wasn't actually able to find that exact number anywhere. A more common number I could find by googling randomly was 6236.



0xIlmari

hint: *"There are **666(6)** verses in the Qur'an."*

jk_14

spirituality

What happened to Jesus? 

oraltosun

and quick and simple rhetorical question:

Who would like to trigger a new "religion" about six hundred years later, in which he was not able to deny Jesus' presence, but at least tried to:
deny of well proven historical fact of his death by crucifixion and this way to indirectly nullify all other things described above?