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Why is the number three so significant that numerous cultures and religions incorporate it into belief systems?

Third time's a charm, holy trinity, etc....

Posted - March 11, 2017

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  • 5614
    Copied after The Holy Trinity, Satan and his Watchers seek to mimic God's order and incorporate it into their own throughout the world's religions. Tis no accident but counterfeit design. The Holy Trinity predates the Bible and known to the Bene Ha Elohim and so passed down to the nephilim by the Fallen Ones. This post was edited by O-uknow at March 11, 2017 7:25 PM MST
      March 11, 2017 12:28 PM MST
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  • 7919
    That doesn't predate the pagan trinity, though, does it? Maiden, mother, crone.
      March 11, 2017 12:35 PM MST
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  • The significance of Three predates the Abrahamic religions and exist far outside it's small geographical beginnings.

    In fact it's one of the concepts that was borrowed by the Abrahamic religions from Zoroastrian and other early Middle Eastern pagan religions and cultures.
      March 11, 2017 1:09 PM MST
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  • I never thought about it before.

    I'm being serious when I say that maybe from a religious and cultural perspective, it's a ancient primal, trolling mechanism to breed conflict by tipping the Ying & Yang.
      March 11, 2017 12:41 PM MST
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  • 2658
    Some say the idea that things happen in threes is an old wives tale. 
      March 11, 2017 1:08 PM MST
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  • There is much academic speculation about it.   Some of the more interesting theories revolve around it being from early humans noticing the existence of genders/sexes.   There are female, male, and neuter/ hermaphroditic.  Others from early humans first noticing three natural elements,   earth, air, and water.   Fire being a later element that brought on the conflicting idea of four which come cultural academics site as being a source of conflict with the culture of three. Some speculate it might be from the earliest understandings of life/ existence.   Animal( sentient life/existence),  plant( non-sentient Life/existence),   mineral ( a non-living existence).  It could be from our early concepts of the visceral.   Good,  Evil,  Amoral/ indifferent.   What influences our thinking and makes us, us.   Mind,  Body,  Soul.

    Then again these concepts could have just as easily been created after the fascination with the three concept.   It's worth noting as well how well the number three exemplifies and works with both the Golden Ratio and the Silver ratio.
      March 11, 2017 1:26 PM MST
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  • 316
    When reading and learning Chinese Ink Painting (Southern school) it was often noted that in Chinese art things were in threes. Three trees, (a host tree and two guest trees) three mountains, etc. On asking I was told that three is the largest number that most people recognize without counting. If four trees are drawn, the mind switches from appreciation of the art to the logical mode and the trees are counted. With many trees you paint two or three groups of trees. The mind sees three forests and appreciates the art, and does not switch to logic. 
       Could this be part of the significance of three's in many of the symbols?
      March 11, 2017 2:24 PM MST
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  • 5808
    a basic root structure for manifestation
    of life and things manifested 
         always there are three things 
    present...why?
    an inherit part of it
    applies to our thoughts etc
    as well.
    for instance
    the thinker
    the thought
    and the stuff that cements it
    into play/holds it all together.
         Only one that has ever explained it
    at that level, that I have read,
    is Krishnamurti.
         Saw him once in New York
    on my way to India, part of his talk touched on that,
    He seemed to understand it pretty well.
    Have heard others touch on this but not in detail.
         Glis gives a good vast coverage of how it is seen in
    various areas.




    This post was edited by Baba at March 11, 2017 3:18 PM MST
      March 11, 2017 2:47 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Here is a thorough study of all the numbers in the bible, one at a time. It's a free download and you can get a hard copy at any bible book store.
    https://www.levendwater.org/books/numbers/number_in_scripture_bullinger.pdf
      March 11, 2017 10:17 PM MST
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  • 52952


    Hmmmm. 

    In the United States Marine Corps, many units and types of units are generally formed on the theory of three, starting with the smallest and continuing to the encompass of the entire Corps itself. Read on:

    A Fire Team consists of 3 Marines and a Team Leader. 

    A Squad consists of 3 Fire Teams and a Squad Leader. 

    A Platoon consists of 3 Squads and a Platoon Leader, also known as a Platoon Commander. 

    A Company consists of at least 3 Platoons and a Company Command element. 

    A Battalion consists of at least 3 Companies and a Battalion Command element. 

    A Regiment consists of at least 3 Battalions and a Regimental Command element. 

    A Brigade consists of at least 3 Regiments and a Brigade Command element. 

    There are 3 active Marine Infantry Divisions, 3 active Marine Air Wings, and 3 active Marine Support Groups*.

    (There are, of course, many variations on this main theme. This list is not meant to be all-inclusive of Marine Corps unit breakdowns or designations.)

    ~
      March 11, 2017 10:32 PM MST
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  • 22891
    not sure why
      March 13, 2017 6:00 PM MDT
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