{"id":15523,"date":"2016-06-14T18:20:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T22:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=15523"},"modified":"2016-06-14T18:23:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T22:23:49","slug":"i-dont-like-the-666","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2016\/06\/i-dont-like-the-666\/","title":{"rendered":"“I don’t like the 666”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An already tense relationship between the world’s two most powerful Argentines became more so recently when the pope rejected a sizable charitable donation to an organization he backs from Argentina’s president, Mauricio Macri. The reason? In addition to possible concerns over the donation’s\u00a0political overtones, a communication\u00a0from the pope to the office of the nonprofit, according to the Vatican Insider, had a\u00a0postscript<\/a>: “I don’t like the 666.”<\/p>\n

The proposed amount of the donation was 16,666,000 Argentine pesos, or about $1.2 million to\u00a0Scholas Occurentes<\/a>. The strange specificity of the\u00a0sum, which contains the number many superstitiously believe can invoke the Antichrist, left some wondering whether\u00a0the donation was really a troll of presidential proportions.<\/p>\n

Macri and the pope, who used to be the archbishop of Buenos Aires, hold differing views on matters of policy, especially the austerity measures that center-right Macri has introduced to stave off critical levels of inflation. An\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0recounting Macri’s trip to the Vatican in February was headlined “Pope gives Macri a frosty 22 minutes.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the world of Vatican reporting you never quite know the truth. But this is what Vatican Insider at lastampa.it<\/a> is reporting. It certainly seems it is possible that this is epic trolling by Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri.<\/p>\n

Now since it is the Washington Post covering the story you can expect some ignorance.<\/p>\n

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The strange specificity of the sum, which contains the number many superstitiously believe can invoke the Antichrist,…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes most Christians believe saying the number might accidentally invoke the Antichrist, just like saying Bloody Mary three times in front of a mirror. Doh!<\/p>\n

Pope rejects Argentine president\u2019s donation of 16,666,000 pesos because of the \u2018666\u2019 part<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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