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Originally posted by Nikola014
Well it's because we are one big family
Serioulsy Skeptic? Are analytics really all you care about? Thread like this and you throw that out there? Then again, the way things have been lately that shouldn't surprise me.
Originally posted by SkepticOverlord
Yes, it was very nice to see the community move into high gear over a major event, while everyone was also showing obvious genuine concern for the safety of others.
And just to add... no one noticed that we topped 12 million total posts yesterday.
Originally posted by SkepticOverlord
. no one noticed that we topped 12 million total posts yesterday.
Starting out life as an immensely useful number for counting and dividing things, the number 12 became a number revered by mathematicians and early astronomers. So the skies were divided into 12 portions as were the months of year, reflecting the annual movement of heavenly bodies. Superstitions and religious beliefs were piled on top of respect for the number 12. Superstitions concerning signs of the Zodiac and life events have been comprehensively shown to be false. The ancient Zoroastrians had twelve commanders on the side of light (light being a symbol for the sun), the Greeks imagined 12 Gods on mount Olympus, and many Gods have had 12 sons. Mithraists, and then Christians, believed that their saviour had 12 disciples, and Muslim Shi'as list 12 ruling Imams following Muhammad. Such holy persons are depicted with a bright solar light around their heads. Although many ancient religions such as the Gnostics understood things like the twelve disciples of Mithras to be symbolic of the stages of the waning and waxing sun throughout the year, later religions took it literally and believed in an actual 12 disciples - and some still do.
Originally posted by Nikola014
Well it's because we are one big family