Scared Sixless

Today is 6-6-06, and there's all kinds of silly reporting about how people are reacting to this "sign of the devil" day. This is so ridiculous. It's as though people believe that the actions of God or nature are dictated by a man-made calendar; almost as if God and Mother Nature are sitting with their fingers on the SMITE button just waiting for their clock radios to click over to the appropriate Julian calendar date. We saw the same nonsense when 1999 became 2000, and though some of that hysteria was based on potential computer programming problems, there were also plenty of dire warnings about the Earth reversing it's poles and silliness like that.

There's one story about Dutch evangelicals praying to keep the devil away on 6-6-06:

A Netherlands-based Evangelical organisation has called on Christians in 21 countries to hold a 24-hour prayer vigil against Satanic forces to mark so-called Devil's Day.

Some fear the date 06/06/06, which falls on Tuesday, signifies 666, the Biblical number of the Devil, and will usher in calamities and even the end of the world.

The Dutch-based organisation Ambassadors Ministries called its 24-hour prayer vigil from 6:00 pm (1600 GMT) Monday, saying it hoped some 2,000 Dutch Christians, mainly Protestants, would take part.

"We believe that the plans the enemy has for this date (June 6, 2006) will be destroyed through violent worship and praise. We are inviting the entire world to be part of this huge unity project," it says on its website www.ambasmin.org.

"The forces of evil are using this day," Mathijs Piet of the organisation told AFP.

If the Dutch want to keep the devil away, they should quit worrying about the rest of the world and start cleaning things up at home. Doug Tennapel wrote a piece a few days ago about some of the problems going on in his native homeland, and he's not happy. Read it here.

And in a further sign of the apocalypse, 30 year mortgage rates hit 6.66%.

And in Hell, they're getting ready to party.

One more thing - baseball schedulers have a sense of humor. Tonight on 6-6-06, the Devil Rays play the Angels.

Meanwhile, I'll just huddle in the corner and wait for it all to go away....

(P.S. I time-stamped this post at 6:06 am on 6-6-06 just to make the effect complete.)

UPDATE: I like Mark Daniels' post title: Get Your Kicks on Route 666