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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: Cyprian who wrote (20096)5/19/2005 10:12:05 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
7 - it's no coincidence--it comes from the bible. seven is the most frequent number found in the bible

It comes from an even earlier tradition.

As early as Sumerian math (perhaps as early as 1000 BCE) the mathmatics was performed in units of 360 degrees. They did not like to work with fractions, and 360 can be divided (without fractions) by:

1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 (but not 7) That gave 7 a mystical power.
It was also avoided in a practical sense since it was more difficult to work with than other numbers.
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