OT - Counting God

[Ed Kolis]

You might know that seven is considered the number of God and good fortune and six that of the devil, but that's probably not universal... what would people of various beliefs say?

BTW, this started off in my mind as a serious consideration of which number *I* consider to be most "spiritual", but it took a humorous twist - I guess seeing as I don't really believe in numerology!

Maybe someday this will be a famous Internet joke, who knows? Or not...

Christians would say that God is the number three, of course - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!

Fans of the Zelda games would also say that God is the number three as well - Triforce combine!

Atheists would say that God is the number zero - "what God?"

Buddhists would say that God is an indeterminate probability averaging around 0.5 - "is your question even relevant?"

Militant atheists (as opposed to the regular kind) would say that God is a negative number - "religion does more harm than good!"

Agnostics would say that God is the number you get when you run the command "cat /dev/random"

Zealots (of any kind) would say that God is the number two - you're either with God or you're against God!

Computers would say that God is the number ten, but mean that God is the number two (for obvious reasons)!

Creationists would say that God is the number five, since there are five fingers on a human hand and God created man in his own image and the rest of the universe as well.

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (not to mention engineers) would say that God is the number four, because four is so neat and tidy and square, and cleanliness is next to godliness!

Magicians would say that God is the number six, since look at all the cool things six can do! Six is the sum of the first three positive integers! It's their product as well! It's the product of the first two primes!

Salesmen would use the magician's argument for the number six, with the addition that if you add up all the prime factors of six, you get ONLY ONE LESS than six itself! That's right, ONLY ONE LESS! That's called a "perfect number" and you won't find a better deal anywhere else! (Hey, we have to have a margin somewhere )