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Factory Worker Claims Company Fired Him for Refusing to Wear 666 Sticker at Work

 

Man Fired for Refusing to Wear 666 Sticker at Work

(AP) A Georgia factory worker claims in a federal lawsuit that he was fired after he refused to wear a `666′ sticker he feared would doom him to eternal damnation.

Billy E. Hyatt claims he was fired from Pliant Corp., a plastics factory in northern Georgia near Dalton, after he refused to wear a sticker proclaiming that his factory had been accident-free for 666 days. That number is considered the “mark of the beast” in the Bible’s Book of Revelation describing the apocalypse.

Hyatt, who said he’s a devout Christian, had worked for the north Georgia plastics company since June 2007 and like other employees wore stickers each day that proclaimed how long the factory had gone without an accident.

But he grew nervous in early 2009 as the number of accident-free days crept into the 600s. As the company’s safety calendar approached day 666, Hyatt said he approached a manager and explained that wearing it would force him “to accept the mark of the beast and to be condemned to hell.” He said the manager assured him he wouldn’t have to wear the number.

When the day came on March 12, 2009, Hyatt sought a manager to discuss his request. He said he was told that his beliefs were “ridiculous” and that he should wear the sticker or serve a three-day suspension.

Hyatt took the three-day suspension, and was fired at a human resources meeting several days later. He then filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and his attorney Stephen Mixon said the agency granted him the right to sue the company in August.

The lawsuit, which seeks punitive damages and back pay, said the company forced him into a terrible situation: Keep his job or “abandon his religious beliefs.”

The company, now known as Berry Plastics Corp., did not return several calls and emails seeking comment. It has yet to respond to the complaint in court.

 

(H/T: Drudge)

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:26pm

    666 is just Herman cains tax plan turned upside down.

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    • John 1776
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:45pm

      Herman Cain’s tax plan turned “up-side-down” is Obama’s current tax plan! The damnation of the taxpayer.

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    • sooner12
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:46pm

      That was funny. I had to chuckle at that one.

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    • Faith1029
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:33pm

      I would have called in sick that day. I don’t want that number on my house, on my license plates or anywhere else and certainly not wearing it as a sticker parading it for all to see. Call it what you want but I want nothing to do with the number of Satan.

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    • JESUS-IS-LORD
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:03pm

      6 is the number of mankind, 66 is the number of Christ, and 666 is the number of the beast.
      Humans don’t have to worry about it so get over it.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:12pm

      Sorry, the mark of the Beast is not 666, it’s 616. Check it out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:13pm

      He should have called in sick that day and wore the 667 # the next day.

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    • southernORcobra
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:40pm

      fall off a chair that will fix it course then you will have to attend chair safety classes

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:50pm

      C’ mon THE-MONK you are being misleading. 616 is an alternative number in an alternate text. See I checked it out, just like you asked.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:20am

      The whole sticker wearing thing sounds pretty dehumanizing already.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:41am

      He should have smashed his hand with a hammer around 664 or something..

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    • Ravenheart77
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:17am

      I agree with Walid Shoebat that the number of the beast is the Shahadatan, (Creed of Islam) and the word “number” is better translated into “multitude” or “followers”. But I still wouldn‘t want to wear 666 because it’s culturally associated with Satan.
      http://yeshuaforyou.com/markofthebeast.aspx

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:09am

      666 is a gematria (geometry) that actually has a lot of different interpretations. Jeremiah throughout his Book using gematria to cypher his message (a prime example is in Jer. 51:41 he inverts numbers for letters to form Sheshach, which is Babel which is also 666). No matter which form of gematria you use it returns to (Greek) “ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἑξι” or hexakosioi hexékonta hex = 666. Mem-final (600) + Samekh (60) + Vau (6). The base root for the mark is χξς. The First and last letters of χξς are the the first and last letters of Christos Χριστός. The middle letter is the symbol in Greek for serpent. So the “mark” literally mean “SERPENT MESSIAH”.

      Take a hard look at χξς. In Islam if you lay the serpent letter on its belly and likewise lay the “X” on its belly, the symbolism X becomes the crossed swords of Islam and the serpent character is interpreted Allah.

      The message or WORD of God is Christ in Christianity. The counterfeit or the diametric opposite (anti-Christ) is the Word of the Serpent is Muhammad in Islam.

      Which mark do we have on us is the key.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:11am

      @ The-Monk
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:12pm

      Sorry, the mark of the Beast is not 666, it’s 616. Check it out.
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      God knows that I love my brothers and sisters in Christ, but that wiki link is beyond question, wrong.

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    • JRook
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:15am

      @John 1776 How insightful you are, as his current tax plan is the same one Bush and the Republicans put in.

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    • JRook
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:16am

      Neither this guy nor his pathological beliefs are worth a report. But hey its edgy….

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:29am

      @ Baddoggy
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:26pm

      666 is just Herman cains tax plan turned upside down.
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      So you want to mirror, or counterfeit the numbers? 999 is 999 is 999. The counterfeit is 666 is 666 is 666. In ancient languages aleph tav bet can be applied to gematria, but inverting the numbers changes intent of meaning.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:39am

      I have beliefs in Christ Jesus, but that doesn’t mean everyone does, or even has to. BUT, if we can picture symbols, and if (I belief there is no if, scientifically or otherwise) scriptures tell a true story, there is only one mark that God can see, and that’s the Cross of Christ. The counterfeit is the belly cross of Islam.

      So that means what, exactly? That when God sends Christ in His wrath to execute judgment as the Lord of Lords and King of Kings those marked by His Cross are the ONLY ones who will be spared. Atheists, agnostics, or Islam are no different when the Angel swings his sickle. Atheists are anti-Christ, even though the atomic symbol the American atheists use is a gematria, or symbol of the Kabballah (this is also what the Gnostic Gospels support and represent), or man making himself in the image of a god thru the tree, or false tree of life known as the tree of knowledge, of good and evil, or science that is no science. Atheists are man making a god in his own image (beware molecular genetics and cloning to form a 3 strand DNA into TNA and breaching the golden segment ends to the message of the telomere’s to give life a physical beginning and end). Christianity represents God working thru man to give a spiritual life. Or God making man in His own image.

      Not having the Mark of the Cross is the same as having the Mark of the Beast.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:47am

      @ Ravenheart77
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:17am

      I agree with Walid Shoebat that the number of the beast is the Shahadatan, (Creed of Islam) and the word “number” is better translated into “multitude” or “followers”. But I still wouldn‘t want to wear 666 because it’s culturally associated with Satan.
      http://yeshuaforyou.com/markofthebeast.aspx
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      This is the MARK of the beast.

      χξς (laid on his belly as God commands the serpent in the garden) = 666 = the crossed swords of Islam and the center figure on it’s belly is Allah.

      The MARK of God is simply the Cross = 888 = Christianity to Spiritual perfection.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:58pm

      The employees beliefs were ridiculous? because he was Christian. If he had said he was a witch or a devil worshiper or an atheist or a Buddhist or a Environmentalist or a AGW clown or a obama care socialist faithful he would have had no problems.

      Any manager who claims my faith is ‘ridiculous’ has stepped into discrimination territory. Lawyer up.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:06pm

      @ Ruler4You
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:58pm

      The employees beliefs were ridiculous? because he was Christian. If he had said he was a witch or a devil worshiper or an atheist or a Buddhist or a Environmentalist or a AGW clown or a obama care socialist faithful he would have had no problems.

      Any manager who claims my faith is ‘ridiculous’ has stepped into discrimination territory. Lawyer up.
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      Brilliantly done post! (literally standing and applauding it).

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    • piecolorado
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:38pm

      @ The-Monk

      First, Intel makes the processors, not Microsoft. So this has nothing to do with Bill Gates. And the speed of that processor was the equvalent of 2000/3 which equals 666.66666666MHz where the 6 keeps repeating to infinity. If you round that to the nearest MHz, it is 667MHz.

      That being said, I would not wear a sticker with a 666 on it either. I suspect there is more to this story that isn’t being shared.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 5:42pm

      For Monk.

      “Walid Shoebat, author of Why I Left Jihad, does not believe the Greek letters χξς’ in Revelation 13:18 should be translated “666”. He proposes that if these were Arabic letters, the χ becomes the crossed swords of Islam, and ξς’ is Arabic for “in the name of Allah”. Shoebat, Walid. Why I Left Jihad.

      If you lay the ξ on its belly you get the word Allah”

      Since the time of his writing that book he has come to understand Edenic symbolism and agrees that the symbolism does indeed equal 666.

      The following is a pretty fair interpretation study on the Mark of the Beast. They don’t really go as deep into the God + Spirit + Word discernment, but they do a decent job for most purposes we need to understand.
      http://www.scribd.com/doc/13846424/The-Mark-of-the-Beast

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 6:34pm

      Mohammad is the mirror opposite of Christ Jesus, but in Rabbi Thompsons interpretation he comes up short in his traverse back. It pre-dates Mohammad and can be drawn directly in inference to the child of promise, Isaac, or the bastard child, Ishmael, and even further back into the Garden of Eden when God is portending toward the future to Eve and the serpent, where the womans seed would bruise his head, and the serpents seed would bruise his heal.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:42pm

      Meh, you folks think this is bad? You should see how they treat retail workers…and I’m talking about both the manglers aka managers and the customers.

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  • garyM
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:15pm

    I hope he does launch a lawsuit and I don’t believe in lawsuits. I purchased a vehicle license plate once and the lady threw out a 667, I told her good deal I wasn‘t the last person because I wouldn’t have taken the a plate with 666. A company or person should never use anything with that number!

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    • THE COMING
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:24pm

      Please understand that having the number 666 is not evil, nor does it mean that you are doomed for eternity. Many are confused about taking the mark of the beast, for they have not been taught that it does not mean a tattoo nor a computer chip as so many people preach. If you remember, in Revelation 13:16 it says that a person must have the mark in their right hand or (IN) their forehead. This refers to the mind itself. Interestingly enough, the part of the brain located in your forehead is the cerebrum, which is the part of the brain where decisions are made.This means you must make a conscious decision to serve the Anti-Christ. Also the reference to the right hand symbolizes making a deal with Satan, much as we do now when making a deal with someone. Also during the time John of Patmos was given the revelations from God, it was only proper to use your right hand, the left was reserved for toiletries, as it is in many parts of the world even today. With many years of teaching the true meanings of the Bible, and the Book of Revelations in particular, it seems this is one of the most misunderstood areas. In reality it is quite simple if people will open their minds, and understand that the Bible was written allegorically so the true spirituality may best be understood.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:17pm

      @garyM
      Even Microsoft won’t use 666. When they came out with the PIII 666 MHz CPU they called it the 667 MHz CPU. Don’t believe me… look it up. They is no such multiplier for a 133 FSB (front side bus) CPU that is 667. Even Bill Gates won’t go there!

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    • Greenwood
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:17pm

      Nations are symbolized by a beast the US eagle, Russia bear, England lion, China dragon, and are led by a man. 7 is a symbol of perfection (God) and man is less than perfect 6
      When something is emphasized in the bible like Revelation 4: 8 And they have no rest day and night as they say: “Holy, holy, holy ……………….it is repeated three times. same as 666. A wild beast is a nation or the “UN”

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:29pm

      @Greenwood
      The US eagle is not a beast. “7 is a symbol of perfection (God)”
      Then why do we have 10 Commandments and not the perfect 7?
      “When something is emphasized in the bible like Revelation 4: 8 And they have no rest day and night as they say: “Holy, holy, holy ……………….it is repeated three times. same as 666″
      Same as 111 or 222 or 333 or 444 or ??? Your logic is skewed by numerical jiberish.

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    • On Eagle Wings
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:46pm

      @the comming

      In the book of Revelations it says what it says it is not allegoric, there are parts, rev 7,10-11,12-14,17-18,21-22 that I call Angelic Explanations and during those books, the angel stops and explains to John what is going on. the book is very simple to understand and is not allegory, its going to happen as its explained…..

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:45am

      Way to go GARYM, I would not have taken it either. I hope there is a law suit. What about this mans religious rights?

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    • loriann12
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:20am

      But if they were Muslim, they could refuse to do anything that they claim is against their religion, but Christianity has stupid beliefs.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:31pm

      @ The-Monk
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:29pm

      @Greenwood
      The US eagle is not a beast. “7 is a symbol of perfection (God)”
      Then why do we have 10 Commandments and not the perfect 7?
      “When something is emphasized in the bible like Revelation 4: 8 And they have no rest day and night as they say: “Holy, holy, holy ……………….it is repeated three times. same as 666″
      Same as 111 or 222 or 333 or 444 or ??? Your logic is skewed by numerical jiberish.
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      You’re my brother, but sometimes you worry me! Descriptions of the scriptural beasts are certainly mathematical/geometric in nature and can be dated even further back to Edenic symbolism.

      3 is a unification of the God to man ideology , or the Spirit that joins. It holds true throughout nature, even our DNA.

      I digress. 7 is day we rest our work. 8 is the number of the Supreme Judge of the World, or Creator God when He makes all things anew.

      It‘s too bad this forum doesn’t afford us a message system to do an in depth study of the Tree of Life (5 Books of Moses), through the Prophets, and what we have now as the Canonical Christianity. It’s an amazing and truly uplifting study.

      As a side note. There aren’t merely 10 Commandments. There are 613.

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  • bdwatcher
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:13pm

    haha, actually it makes me wonder who wanted everyone to wear those stickers anyway… seems someone’s joke. What would have been wrong with 667? That would be my question as he sues this company.

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  • momsense
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:11pm

    This man has just s much right to refuse to work as a Muslim has to pray iin a public school during Rumadum(?) or having foot baths put into Airports so that Muslim cabbies can wash their feet before they pray or closing school of Muslim holidays to accommodate less that 2% of the nation’s population. If you can make accommodations for Muslims why not this man–because he’s a Christian and Christians are now objects of official government persecution?

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:14pm

      He deserved to lose his job. If he’s stupid enough to make waves over the number 666, he is obviously a religious nut who is going to constantly be a pain in the azz to his employers. This is what happens when weak people are indoctrinated by religion at a young age, they have no concept of critical thinking.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:20pm

      Do you think the OWS protesters will take off for their 666th day of protest?

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    • rcw_68
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:39pm

      @survivorseed-It doesn’t matter- I totally disagree with you but none-the-less, it is blatant discrimination. He voice his religious concerns and he was fired. If this was over a racial thing you would have put a different post up. Discrimination is discrimination, no matter the reason.

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:24am

      @rcw – And if this was a racial thing, you would have been saying its a private business and they can hire and fire whoever they want. See how this thing works? This is why we never get anywhere.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:17am

      I spent 34 years in the Human Resource management field. This man has a really good case. HR at the business let the business down. The employee had been give permission by a manager to not wear 666 based on his religious beliefs. He was later told his beliefs are ridiculous by another manager and give a 3 day suspension and then fired.

      Wow is he going to make a lot of money. Unfortunately, most of it will go to his lawyer.

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  • ares338
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:07pm

    I think it‘s freakin’ goofy to worry about a 666 sticker and just as damned goofy to fire him for not doing it! Someone has got to use their brain sometimes.

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:11pm

      Damn it! There you go wantin’ to put bureaucrats and lawyers out of work!
      Discretion is dead. The zero tolerance crowd has seen to that.

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  • wordweaver
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:02pm

    He’s going to cream that company in the lawsuit. What idiots.

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  • dtsiouts
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:02pm

    Aside from the religious aspect of this situation, the employee was allegedly fired for not complying with a company policy. Was this requirement stipulated in the man’s employment contract? Is it reflective of his standing in the company? Does complying or not complying have any negative or positive affect on the company or workforce. DOES IT AFFECT HIS PERFORMANCE? C’mon folks who are we kidding here. Based on the details here, this was either a major Human Relations Office screw up, or some manager used the situation to can the person. The religious aspect of this could be compared to other company policy. Do they employ Jews, Muslims or Buddists? If so, does the company make any work allowances for their religious and spiritual peculiarities? I don‘t know but this doesn’t seem to pass the smell test. I guess in retrospect the employee could have gotten approval for an unpaid day off or for paid leave, which is probably what he might have done if he knew about the circus that would ensue by his refusing to wear the number. I don’t get it.

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    • Locke and Demosthenes
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:52pm

      Yes, but he wasn’t refusing to WORK. Just refusing to wear a number that made him uncomfortable. I don’t see the justification myself….

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  • vinnymac46
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:55pm

    No brainer…can you say Muslim garb, religious freedom…what’s good for them is good for Christians.

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  • amerbur
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:52pm

    This is the most rediculous reason to fire a man. I would encourage him to find another job. I would encourage other employees to quit and I certainly will not be doing business with anyone who is so disrespectful of an employee. Please tell your boss ot go to ….. seems he likes the idea.

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  • LANE131
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:33pm

    Now the company has to hire a new employee, or go without, a lot of expense and time wasted by the company for really, nothing . Plus now that the story is out i think it may hurt that company for a while…the company should have let such a small and silly thing go, and not made him wear the 666, joke it off, after all the next day it would have been forgotten about. Now they have bad press, maybe a lawsuite and look more fool-ish then the person not wanting to wear the tag.
    I own a small business and always work so hard at keeping my people happy, the last thing i want is disgruntle employees.

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  • BubbaCoop
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:23pm

    Just putting the number on isn’t same as actually taking the mark of the beast. One has to make the final decision to reject God and worship the beast.

    Doesn’t matter, he should still win. Any other religion and they would have kowtowed to him.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:32pm

      Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Jesus tell his Apostles that their generation would not pass without seeing the things happen that Daniel the Prophet spoke of? Yes I think that’s accurate.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:36pm

      Therefore Revelation is the process by which Babylon falls over and over again. And many Babylons have fallen. But now the whole world is Babylon.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:38pm

      The world Reserve Currency being used by all nations makes the entire world Babylon.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:40pm

      And there is over $600 trillion in world debt, which is debt on top of debt, and it is also spaghettified.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:43pm

      And because of all the debt they have which is scrambled, the Kings of those nations can not very easily just sit back after fleeing away, and watch Babylon burn. They will be greatly affected whether they like it or not.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:51pm

      Therefore it is that we are in the days that Gog and Magog are gathered together through the previous actions of Satan, and they will be gathered together to Battle the United States.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:20pm

      @ Eliasim… you’re blowing smoke out your fifth point of contact… to use your logic, we’d may as well remove the number between 665 and 667. What kind of fool is getting so frightened over numbers that have absolutely nothing to do with the beast? Well, someone such as you, I imagine. My oops.

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    • Greenwood
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:09pm

      @ELIASIM…………”Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Jesus tell his Apostles that their generation would not pass without seeing the things happen that Daniel the Prophet spoke

      You are wrong ………he was speaking both then and for our day
      Luke 21: 20 – 24 and Matthew 24: 15 – 18………..He is speaking of their day when Jerusalem is surronunded by encamped (Roman) armies, then know that the desolating of her has drawn near. Then let those in Judea begin fleeing to the mountains.
      The Roman army was called away but later returned and destroyed the temple just as Jesus had warned and those who did not flee were killed.( not a stone upon a stone will be left here and not be thrown down.) Those who listened to the warning to flee to the mountains were saved.
      And as for today Matthew 24: 37 For just as in the days of Noah were, so will be the presence of the Son of man will be. 39. and they took no note until the flood came and took them all away,……………

      Revelation was written in 96ce more than 60 years after Jesus’ death. Also the Beast and Babylon the great are two different things. Revelation 17: 7

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  • momrules
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:23pm

    I believe in God our Creator.
    I believe in and accept Jesus Christ as my Lord, Saviour and King.
    I believe that the antiChrist is a man who’s number is 666.

    That being said the number 666 is also just a number between 665 and 667. I think this is a case of a person who did have a right to object to wearing the sticker because of his religeous beliefs and I think it could have been handled it as others have suggested by not being at work that day. To fire him over this remains a mystery to me.

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    • Jomil48
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:56pm

      here in Pa. we had a guy that worked for the lottery commission, he was the one that drew the numbers. He rigged the daily number by useing water in the balls. the number he choose to win 666, needless to say he went to jail. as long as the worker didn’t have to have the number on his right hand or his forehead he should have been ok, but if he felt that it would danm him the for him to wear it would be a problem. Remember what Paul said, in short if you think it is sin, then it is sin to you, don’t do it, but to someone else it is ok. paraphrasing

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  • tarkus
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:15pm

    I don’t have a problem with the company firing him for whatever reason. It’s their company and they should be free to do however they please.

    That said, I wouldn’t have fired someone for that request, but employees have the right to decide where to put their money wherever they want.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:24pm

      I would’ve turned it upside-down. :-)

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    • tarkus
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 10:30pm

      Good job on grammar in that post. I might want to consider proofreading next time! haha

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:06pm

    Lucky for them “666” isn’t the mark of the beast, but that it is identifiable by Six hundred, three score and six.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:11pm

      Jacob served 7 years for Rachel, and it has more to do with preventing that very thing. The number of a “Man” to prevent that very thing. I find it interesting I am hearing a lot about Rachel these days.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:13pm

      At any rate, God will win because God always does win.

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    • Falsegods
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:26pm

      That was the year Islam’s began to worship Mohammad.

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  • bullcrapbuster
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:06pm

    This man has no understanding of how salvation works or who God is. How can anyone worship a God that he thinks will send him to hell for wearing a sticker that says how many days that a plant has been accident free. Imagine him standing before the judgment bar and the lord saying “you have been a good and faithful servant but it’s eternal damnation for you because you wore that sticker”.

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    • Jomil48
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:11pm

      judge not, least ye be judged. if he felt it was sin to him, then it was sin in his eyes anyway.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:25pm

      Both of you are mental midgets and know nothing aboout Scripture. Stop using it please.

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    • Dalady
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:49pm

      Kinda like when I call my friend with the 666 telephone exchange, a little creepy but I don’t feel doomed for it.

      NOBAMA 2012

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  • Secessionista
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:05pm

    This could have all been avoided if he had simply knee-capped his supervisor on day 665 on the shop floor. That’s a job-related injury.

    Problem solved.

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  • Cat
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:02pm

    They could have written it out
    Sixsixsix
    six six six
    six hundred sixty six

    or used mathematical equations;
    665+1
    667-1
    √443,556
    2X333
    1332÷2

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    • Cat
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:11pm

      and;

      CLXVI

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    • Cat
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:12pm

      opps

      DCLXVI

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    • COFemale
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:14pm

      Why wait until 666, why was that a day the company had to chose? Me thinks that day was on purpose for this very thing. Companies are required by law to accommodate religious beliefs without repercussions to the employee. This was a blatant attempt to get this employee out once he refused to wear the button. I would not wear it either, but then again just for ______ and grins, I would turn it upside down so it showed 999.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:37pm

      “Companies are required by law to accommodate religious beliefs without repercussions to the employee.”

      They shouldn’t be. And you should read the story more carefully. They company marked EVERY day. It was the employee who objected on the sixhundred and sixtysixth day.

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  • yougottabekidding
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:00pm

    Hope they have alot of money that is a “ridiculous” reason for firing him and once told that it was his religious belief they were bound. I kind of read maybe there is more than is being reported. Even if there is 100 other reasons to fire him this is the one they choose. Money, money. Stupid is as stupid does.
    I am not a religious zealot but I would not wear it

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:05pm

      This is a blatant religious discrimination; yet the fact since the gentleman in concern is Christian I expect the bleeding heart liberal progressive justices who may hear this to summarily dismiss it for that very reason. May God allow the case to be heard.

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:00pm

    I‘m going to say that the worker’s religious fear was silly and ignorant. However, the company, though well within its right to require him to wear the sticker and fire him if he wouldn’t, was stupid in not allowing some latitude as the wearing of the sticker had ZERO effect on any profitability of the company or its over all company morale. They SHOULD have shown some tolerance and sensitivity for even stupid religious views if it costs them nothing and the public is well within ITS right to treat the company as one not worthy of its patronage. No one likes people who are jerks just because they have a right to be jerks.

    THAT is how a free society and free market should work.

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  • chasbronson
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:00pm

    Company stupidity.Post the damn stats on the bulletin board instead of treating your employees like a bunch of kindergardeners.Some kind of stupid company head games.I’ve been there.Its ashame you can’t sue more for stupidity.

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  • NC
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:58pm

    I really wish “TheBlaze” had a 30 second edit post function

    NC (this is my 666th time asking for this option)

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  • NC
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:57pm

    Why didn’t he day a vacation day, or a personal time day, or even a “religious” holiday.

    Call in Sick, if nothing else!

    NC (he could have slipped and hurt himself on day 665, then he could sue for worker’s compensation benefits)

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:02pm

      That is was thought also .. just don’t be there …. problem solved. Vacation, Sick day … personal day .. anything that kept him out of the plant on that day.

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  • Hiswill
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:53pm

    I admire his devotion to our Lord Jesus. I would have done the same thing. I hope he wins his case and I’ll be praying for him.

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    • phillipwgirard
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:01pm

      I too admire the man. it’s good to see some people stand up to their convictions.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:48pm

    When you work in a factory setting, days without an injury incident are a BIG thing. Employees are reminded daily of the last time an injury incurred, and they take pride in trying to keep that number rising.
    I’m sure that Jesus would forgive the man and his co-workers, it is just another number, not the actual symbol or mark of the beast.

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    • 4GODUSAANDISRAEL
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:55pm

      as a factory worker, I agree that days without incident is a big thing, however, people aren’t stupid. Why would they choose to make the number 666 such a momentous goal? Somebody wanted to offend christians, that’s blatently obvious to me. And asking a christian to wear the number 666, whether they believe it will lead to damnation or not, is wrong.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:58pm

      Actually… in the Bible, in Greek, are Three Words for: 600 60 6.

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    • yougottabekidding
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:07pm

      4GODUSAANDISRAEL

      Agreed when I would pick a date to Celebrate it was usually a multipale of 25 or 50. Seems that number was picked for other reasons. It’s a big deal for several reasons one your people are safe and it affects your insurance rates

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:27pm

      “Why would they choose to make the number 666 such a momentous goal?”

      Actually, they didn’t. They marked EVERY day. This guy just objected when the number reached 666.

      “in Greek, are Three Words for: 600 60 6″

      Three LETTERS, actually. χξς, χ=600 ξ=60 and ς=6, so our Arabic form 666 accurately reflects the visual simplicity of the text. The Roman DCLXVI wouldn’t do it as well.

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    • 4GODUSAANDISRAEL
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:55pm

      @ISLES, That was my bad, I will admit, I only skimmed this story and missed the sticker everyday thing. However, I will admit, if put into the same situation as him, I also would not have worn the sticker. Then again, I work for a factory who doesn’t make their people put on a sticker everyday. We mark our days without incident milestones with an employee meal served at lunch, if we go beyond that great, but we only recognize the one day when we reach that goal. again, my bad, but i still agree with him not wearing it.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:40pm

    Freedom is… having a Choice: Do as requested by the Boss… or get another Job!

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    • ScreaminEagle
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 6:57pm

      The Constitution was written for all including companies. They don’t have a right to ignore it. This had nothing to do with the performance of his job. An exception could easily have been made for all Christians. To many want to follow the Constitution when it suits them or their agenda. Personally I would have taken a personal day till 667.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:03pm

      @SCREAMINEAGLE
      I do not recall that section of the Constitution upon Performance. I would think this more alike an Officer giving you an Order, and you refusing to Obey!

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    • drago
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 7:21pm

      @lukerw aka encinom
      You said “do as requested by the boss’, so how many times have you been on your knees for your boss? I’m guessing quite a few……

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:47pm

      “The Constitution was written for all including companies. ”

      Fundamentally FALSE. The Constitution deals with the goverment; it’s powers and its limitations. It says nothing about the free market.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 9:38pm

      @DRAGO
      In Combat, I took Orders, knowing that a refusal could get me Shot. So, in Business, I consider Directions to be Requests. As for Pleading… you are way out of line.

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