Sure sounds like the Wiccan 'power of three' to me. And no one can say it's purely coincidental, since shows like 'Charmed' (which emphasize the above number of witches as being 'effective') make that highly unlikely.
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"What I tell you three times is true"
Lewis Carrol, The Hunting of the Snark
So you're taking your spiritual lessons from Carrol? Good, he was a mathematician with a firm respect for the scientific method. There may be hope for Whosoever yet.
Mathew 26:34,74-75 - "Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that this very night, before a cock crows, you shall deny Me three times . . ."
Does this also sound wiccan?
One of the huge problems I have with certain people on RR is that they find some hidden message within anything numerical. Can't possibly be coincidental, right? And, if it involves three, it turns to six, which then turns to 666, then everyone is speculating and fussing over something that started out as a FIGMENT of someone's imagination. Then if it is pointed out, "Hey that's not biblical" Someone will inevitably try to find something from the bible to force the fit. Then it will eventually be forgotten about and some new fear will take its place, and the beat goes on...
How do you find the energy to function when you think this way?
“Sure sounds like the Wiccan 'power of three' to me.”
THen you need to be hospitalized in a psych ward.
The Wiccans have a RULE of three, meaning if you do something, the consequences hit 3x as hard. So if you help a stranger, three strangers will help you, if you scare someone half way to death, something will scare you 1.5-way to death.
"And no one can say it's purely coincidental,”
No, no, I’m saying it’s all in your head. Your argument is bad and you should be ashamed.
“ since shows like 'Charmed' (which emphasize the above number of witches as being 'effective') make that highly unlikely.”
Charmed is fiction.
Most of the witches I’ve ever known are solitary practitioners. But you can’t really build a show around Sherlock unless Watson is there to allow dialogue.
Like Chips. Most highway patrol officers are alone, so they put Ponch on endless probation so he would not be alone.
You’re drawing conclusions from a drama mechanism.
Far as I know, the number of effective witches is however many show up. At least, 3 are no LESS effective than 5, 8, 13, square root of the zip code…
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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