Advanced Imaging Reveals 666 is not the Number of the Beast

Apparently, the devil is in the details. Using advanced imaging techniques, scholars recently unearthed a revelation that could send hundreds of Satanists and heavy metal disciples back to their tattoo artists, cause Bruce Dickinson to update some lyrics and render years of Satanic imagery meaningless. Analysis of a fragment of the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament reveals that 616 is the mark of the Antichrist, not 666.

A Christian fundamentalist group has compiled an interesting history of the use of 666 in rock and roll here. As well as providing a stroll down rock and roll Memory Lane, it's actually pretty comical, as they brand everyone from The Dead Kennedys to Johnny Cash sinners (Cash because he sang one of Danzig's songs). Also, they have apparently rechristened Rob Halford as "Homosexual Rob Halford." Nice. Although, come to think of it, there could be some utility assuming the role of a Dostoevsky character; from now on I think I'll introduce myself as "Heterosexual Heather Huff."