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Another 33. (self)
9 commentsbylarryseinger

It's how long David ruled from Jerusalem. Source: 1 Chronicles 3:4.

That's the book I'm reading currently. In the past it has seemed entirely boring. But recently I learnt that the Babylonian Chronicles are seen as reliable because of their matter of fact style and neutrality. The authors were simply concerned with documenting facts it seems. I asked myself if I read anything implausible in 1-2 Chronicles since it skips over the supernatural parts of Jewish lore. So I'm rereading it with that in mind and I'm discovering things now that I'm reading it closely. One is the above fact.

In historiography, a singular source is seen as unreliable, they look for multiple attestations. It's interesting how the genre of chronicles could be an exception to this rule although I don't know if it's a rule exactly or that the Babylonian one is an exception.

Masonic symbology is based on the Temple of Solomon so the adjacency of this fact shouldn't easily be dismissed as a coincidence. I believe that 33 is in part a reference to this. It's also how long Jesus lived according to popular belief so it wouldnt be the only Biblical 33. If they're obsessed with the Bible it's only natural we're going tfind 33s in that book.

This is less significant, but David's successor Solomon was far from the oldest son. He was more like in the middle. The youngest if you exclude the sons from extra women and so it's reminiscent of how Genesis defies expectations by making the youngest son the most prominent instead of the firstborn. But the duration of David's rule could have something to do with it. It could be older sons died off or he wanted one that would survive longer for fewer successions. I don't know how they selected successors.

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[-]newJiminy3(+2|0)

Jacob's ladder, 33 is in the spine. 33 vertebrae. That's where it originates.

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[-]x0x71(0|0)

I hear if you meditate right you can become elevated to having 34 vertebrae. It's a much less discordant number. 33 is composed as the multiple two inert primes, and having a two offset to another inert prime 31 making it a near twin. An inert prime is one that can't be factored in the complex number plane.

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[-]newJiminy1(0|0)

I think we evolved to have 33 cuz that's just the right number for us to be able to walk, run, move be around etc. having 34 might be nice but it's probably unnecessary . I don't see why it matters if it's inert, prime discordant etc. It's sacred ratio. There are 108 feet in 33 meters.

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[-]x0x71(0|0)

Humans are just generally discordent. We also have 23 pairs of chromosomes. 1 away again from a much more harmonic number.

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[-]newJiminy1(0|0)

I think we're naturally not discordant. Things like dna, chromosomes, hard for me to confirm it's true, can't see it in a microscope. The discordian religion is based on being as annoying as possible, and making fun of everything, be careful with that. With this ratio I can confirm it's a real thing and it makes sense humans discovered it eons ago. Like pi really is a ratio that I can confirm. 33 really is my number of vertebrae, I can confirm that. Ten is sacred too because we have ten fingers, so we base our system on ten. 100001 Is sacred too. 33 in binary.

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[-]larryseinger2(+1|0)

Discordianism isn't about being obnoxious for the sake of being obnoxious. It uses humour as a tool for enlightenment. When things are ridiculed or parodized, you gain a distance from it, and that helps you see them from a different perspective.

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[-]JasonCarswell2(+1|0)

^

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[-]newJiminy0(0|0)

It is sorry if you fell for it

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[-]JasonCarswell2(+1|0)

33 is 33.333333333 rounded down - one third. Trinity. Math psy tricks.

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