Costco: Now the official retail outlet of Satan!
In order to assure its customers that they are not in league with Beelzebub, Costco has announced that it will remove all food items from their stores that contain the word 'Devil," including devils food cake, deviled eggs, and deviled ham.
Hehe. You are in a funny mood today, VegetableMan!
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I personally wouldn't mind a cake with an inverted pentagram and 666, but i suppose such things should never be made since it might bother some people who could you know just choose not to buy a product they don't like....Also its debatable how much 666 even is a 'demonic symbol' just because they saw it painted on a wall in some horror movie before the terrible creature emerges to kill people or whatever? My opinion, the woman watched The Exorcist a few too many times and it took it for being real.
Stand back! You will enjoy this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OiyrXoa_xo (Marky9's reference).
The question is "why would the graphic designer choose to do that?" Worldwide branding devices get vetted by all sorts of lawyers and advisers. They end up knowing exactly what the symbology means. Nothing in advertising at that level is accidental. But, is it harmful? That is up to each consumer.
Lol now that was funny...i guess she would advise me to immediately remove the Monster sticker on my laptop...or rather 'hebrew 666' since its just the m on the sticker, somehow though if that's really what the M stands for Id find the sticker a lot cooler otherwise its just a company symbol. But what do you expect from a metalhead who listens to bands with imagry like this: in the actual official album cover though that creatures breasts are not covered up with the albums clearly not even trying to hide it satanic name.
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I personally wouldn't mind a cake with an inverted pentagram and 666, but i suppose such things should never be made since it might bother some people who could you know just choose not to buy a product they don't like....Also its debatable how much 666 even is a 'demonic symbol' just because they saw it painted on a wall in some horror movie before the terrible creature emerges to kill people or whatever? My opinion, the woman watched The Exorcist a few too many times and it took it for being real.
Stand back! You will enjoy this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OiyrXoa_xo (Marky9's reference).
The question is "why would the graphic designer choose to do that?" Worldwide branding devices get vetted by all sorts of lawyers and advisers. They end up knowing exactly what the symbology means. Nothing in advertising at that level is accidental. But, is it harmful? That is up to each consumer.
Lol now that was funny...i guess she would advise me to immediately remove the Monster sticker on my laptop...or rather 'hebrew 666' since its just the m on the sticker, somehow though if that's really what the M stands for Id find the sticker a lot cooler otherwise its just a company symbol. But what do you expect from a metalhead who listens to bands with imagry like this: in the actual official album cover though that creatures breasts are not covered up with the band logo.
This reminds me of the all-time question I have of Satanic rock fans: "If you can't abide Christianity, why do you admire the Satanic imagery that is based on the Christian descriptions of Hell?"
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It is NOT debatable to many, as it did NOT originate in "some horror movie"----it is in the Bible:
Revelation 13:18
"Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666." (NKJV)
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There was a Route 666 here in Arizona until 2003 FWIW, they changed it because superstitious people and the fact that almost every sign they put up got stolen.
I'm way more offended by Costco in general rather than something that looks like an irrelevant number
Its mostly seen as somewhat of a joke by people who display it anyways, because certain religious groups have made the association...its a symbol of 'ha all i gotta do is write this number and stick it somewhere to scare you' It doesn't mean anything just interesting to see people get all irrational about it shows what religion can do to people. I mean its a silly number. Of course there is actual satanic or anti-christian symbolism(not like eradicate anyone who identifies as christian but in opposition to that religion as in choosing not to follow it)...but people have the right to express that, just like christians can wear their crosses or other expressions of their belief. I hate when they want to have their religion 'enforced' because they are offended by anything that does not reflect christian faith/values...and then actually get their way. But yeah can't say I have much interest in shopping at costco especially if that is the kind of people they cater to, why would I want to pay for a membership to support that?
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It is NOT debatable to many, as it did NOT originate in "some horror movie"----it is in the Bible:
Revelation 13:18
"Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666." (NKJV)
That is the intro to one of my favorite songs ever from this album:
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People that are afraid of a number are the same types that are afraid of stepping on cracks in the sidewalks lest they break their mother's back. When removed a 1000 or 2000 years, schizophrenia starts looking like a religion. We shouldn't live our lives based on some ancient mental illness.
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I think that might be the number that Stephen Fry mentioned - I note that 616 adds up to 13, which has traditional negative associations.
Another thing that Mr Fry mentioned was that Revelation was written on the Isle of Patmos, and that hallucinogenic mushrooms grow there in abundance.
Btw, what a cute dragon on that website - makes me feel all cuddly.
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