I am ashamed to say that many times well-meaning Christians state the most bizarre claims as facts without first checking the validity of these claims. What is really bad is the negative impact it has on both believers and non-believers. Many times believers become disillusioned and walk away from their faith, and non-believers use that as an excuse to not believe. The damage we do to our credibility is immense!

Ironically, on the other hand, many of these are religious groups (both Christian and non-Christian) that have made these wild claims and they continue to thrive! Who’d have thought?

This is most prominent with biblical prophecy but it is all over the map. Here are some claims that I recall over the years.

Some people think big business is evil so they like to make big leaps to prove their point. Let’s start with a couple companies that are well known; Monster Beverage and Proctor & Gamble.

The latest claim I’ve seen is the “Monster Energy Drink” claw marks logo. Some claim each scratch mark looks like the Hebrew vav, which it does. In Hebrew letters have numeric values and vav is “6”, which is also correct. They take this to the logical conclusion that “ווו” (vav vav vav) = “666”, which seems logical but this is where the premise starts to fall apart.

First a little background. The “number of a man”, “666” (six hundred threescore and six in KJV), is only mentioned in the book of Revelation (
Rev 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)
Rev 13:18 ) which was originally written in Greek (ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ). “666” or “the number of a man” isn’t mentioned anywhere outside of the book of Revelation.

Here is the reality. Language is continually changing. The original text is six hundred sixty six and in modern English that we started referring to”666” as “6” “6” “6” which isn’t correct. If the “Monster Energy Drink” claw marks logo was actually “ווו” (vav vav vav) it would not be “666” but rather “6” “6” “6” because “ווו” (vav vav vav) isn’t how you would write “666” in Hebrew; it would actually be ת״רסו (which from right to left is 400, 200, 60, 6 which added up and is 666). It is more than obvious that “ווו” is not “ת״רסו” so anybody that claims that the “Monster Energy Drink” logo is Hebrew for “666” doesn’t know very much about Hebrew because they are WRONG!


The Proctor & Gamble logo has been a topic for many years. There are three claims about this logo:
1. You can make three sixes through the 13 stars (fallen angels).
2. In the beard you can make out an inverted “666”.
3. The hair and beard make two horns.

To make “666” out of the stars is a stretch, not to mention you would have “6” “6” “6” not “666”. To get the “666” in the beard you need to mirror it because it’s backwards, then you have “999” so you have to rotate it 180°. Then the horns, that’s probably the most probably but where’s the rest of the goats head? To be honest, people that see these things must have been doing LSD and the logo came alive and spoke to them. The reality is that it’s a logo with no subliminal messages!

Without going deep into these next ones, here are some more things I’ve heard over the years where false claims was the driving force behind them, some with serious consequences and others that make us look crazy:
  • Jim Jones was the leader of the “Peoples Temple” and in 1978, 909 people were part of a mass murder/suicide.
  • David Koresh was the leader of the “Branch Davidians” religious sect and believed that he was its final prophet. 80 people died in the compound they were held up in was set on fire.
  • Marshall Applewhite was the leader of “Heaven’s Gate” cult were 39 people committed suicide when Hale-Bopp comet passed by.
  • I heard someone say that the stones for new temple were already cut and stored in a warehouse in Arizona awaiting the time the new temple would be built.
  • I heard that the ark of the covenant found in a cave below where Christ was crucified. When Christ was crucified, His blood ran down the cross and went through the ground and fell onto the mercy seat. This blood was tested and was missing the X or Y chromosome denoting that there was no human father (which I believe is incorrect on that alone).
  • A book called “The AIDS Cover Up” came out shortly after AIDS made the scene. It spread many unsubstantiated claims that caused fear. In fairness though, no one really knew about AIDS then since it was new.
  • I went to a seminar that where it was said that “Smurf” was German for demon and that they were blue because they were dead. Demon in German is “Dämon” not Smurf. The reality is that it’s a cute kids cartoon, get over it!
  • Christian rock is of the devil, not God. Again, get over it! While it might not be a genre you like, it reaches a group of people that you will never reach unless you meet them at their level (
    1 Cor 9:19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you. (NKJV)
    1 Cor 9:19-23 ).
  • The Watchtower made several claims that would happen in 1975 because this it was claimed to be the 7th millennium of the creation of man. Then they come back and say, no, we didn’t really mean that but that’s not how many of their disillusioned followers felt.
  • The Mormons made many prophecies that didn’t come to pass.
  • Noah’s ark is found! Again and again.
  • A friend of mine tells me to look up “Sept. 23, 2017” and it starts out talking about a prediction on Sept. 23, 2015 that didn’t come to pass but they made a mistake and have adjusted their prediction. I was completely disconnected after hearing that.
  • A big name prophecy preacher writes a book predicting a date and when that doesn’t come to pass he writes a new book explaining the mistakes he made in the first book and gives another date.
  • In 1987 Oral Roberts says if he didn’t raise another $4.5m for his hospital in two weeks “God will call me home.” This played right into those who say “all they want is money.”

    • As Christians we need to do some homework when we hear claims like these and let the TRUTH be known rather than just passing on a fallacy.