From: utzoo!watmath!cbostrum Newsgroups: net.religion Title: Who is the BEAST? Article-I.D.: watmath.4505 Posted: Tue Feb 8 23:54:53 1983 Received: Wed Feb 9 00:35:06 1983 Time for some numerology. This is far less contrived than Napoleon in War and Peace. Take the alphabet from a to z. Assign to the ith letter the ith prime number and then multiply by two to ensure that everything is even. Now take the name "ronald reagan". Sum the values of the letter of this name according to the above code. (Note that ronald reagan is the prime politcal figure in the united states, and has just finished serving two years of his term) You get 666.