According to a compendium of useless knowledge (I'm a fan of useless knowledge), the number of the beast or Satan is not 666, but 616. The earliest known copy of the Book of Revelation (translated by a Birmingham Professor, David Parker) shows the number to be 616, which correlates to Engels' analysis in his book On Religion which also gives the number to be 616. Apparently, the number of the Beast is up for discussion, as there have been numerous versions of the Bible produced over the last 2000 years, some of which cite 616 and some 666.
