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Why is the answer to "the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" the number 42? An interesting Christian twist might be ... * GIVEN ...
by nwatson 5y ago
Why is the answer to "the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" the number 42? An interesting Christian twist might be ...
* GIVEN ...
* the number of (hu)mankind, 3x for emphasis in some contexts where
humans want to stand completely alone, is "666"
* the atom for human is "6"
* the number most often associated with divinity in the bible is "7"
* THEN ...
* the product of interaction of the divine with humanity is 7 * 6 = 42
(of course this firmly puts humanity at the apex of earthly, and perhaps
universal, entities, and many would object)
EDIT: clarification on first GIVEN
- drawqrtz 5y agoI thought it's that you have to cross 42 bridges in your life.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoNot trying to brag but I've crossed hundreds of bridges.
- dylan604 5y agoBut which ones and in which order? And in whose shoes?
- nickthemagicman 5y agoSome guy who told me to try walking a mile in his shoes. So I beat him up and took his shoes.
- selimthegrim 5y agoAt least then he didn't ask you where you got them.
- dylan604 5y agoIf he was suggesting to walk in his shoes, did you really need to use the violence? It sounds like he was offering them? Are you a really just the troll from under the bridge?
- hutzlibu 5y agoAh, but how many metaphorical bridges? (but btw. the parent comment was a reference to the book, where someone tried to come up with a fake question, matching the answer)
- nickthemagicman 5y agoI don't think metaphorically I think meta42ically. It's topical.
- hutzlibu 5y agoYou would have fallen to a scam then ...
- anon321321323 5y agoI've got a bridge for sale...
- dudul 5y agoWasn't it how many roads a man must travel instead?
- comrh 5y agoHumans rank 3rd on even their own planet, behind mice and dolphins. So long and thanks for all the fish!
- mrunkel 5y agoThey aren't even supposed to be here.
- dekken_ 5y agoRainbows. > Indeed, it is impossible for an observer to see a rainbow from water droplets at any angle other than the customary one of 42 degrees from the direction opposite the light source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow
- Causality1 5y agoI don't get it. Is this a joke? It reads like Time Cube.
- dane-pgp 5y agoRather than working backwards from "666", isn't it more direct to observe that Man was created on the 6th day of Creation? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_6th_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_6th_Day
- nickthemagicman 5y agoHow come there were seven horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Bible? and 12 disciples of Jesus? and ten commandments? It's real confusing. maybe what it means since there's seven horsemen of the Apocalypse and six is the number for the human...7*6=42. Maybe it means the horseman of the apocalypse and the human beings are going to be friends and the humans can get a ride on the back of the cool apocalypse horses.
- webreac 5y ago4 horsemen: sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague
- linkdd 5y ago4 horsemen, 12 apostles, 10 commandments, 7 deadly sins, 7 holy virtues, 3 aspects of the trinity (the father, the son and the holy spirits), 36 Lamed-Vav Tsadikim, ... Numerology has been heavily used by the Torah and the Bible. According to the Talmud, there are meanings behind numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significance_of_numbers_in_Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significance_of_numbers_in_Jud... So, 6 (days of creation) * 7 (completion) = 42 (one of the letter in one of the name of God) Or any other combinations you want, because numerology has no true meaning. It's just playing with numbers.