5 Superstitions And Their Surprising Christian Roots

Have you ever wondered what makes 4-leaf clovers lucky? Or walking under a ladder unlucky? The Christian roots of some superstitions will surprise you!

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666 Is Unlucky

This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666. – Revelation 13:18

The classic text from Revelation tells us that 666 is the number of the beast, and literal markings and even the number has been feared for centuries. But most Bible scholars agree that the number of a man can be understood to be Nero Caesar, persecutor of the Church, by his name written in the Hebrew alphabet (which is the same as the number 666).