In My Religion (and Most Other Religions) Certain Numbers Have Certain Meanings. So Im Probably Far Behind

In my religion (and most other religions) certain numbers have certain meanings. So I’m probably far behind everyone else figuring this out, but I thought it was interesting and wanted to share it with you. 4- order 8- resurrection or regeneration 15- rest 16- love 23- trust in the universe 42- creation 108- wholeness of existence I also think that it’s interesting that 4 8 15 16 23 & 42 has to be entered into the computer in the hatch and then the time resets to 108 minutes.

That’s so cool! I didn’t know this, thanks for the info. You didn’t say which religion you are talking about but I think is Christianity?

Some more fun trivia about the meaning of the Numbers that you may like:

4 - John Locke

The central tenets of Buddhism are called the Four Noble Truths

In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese culture is a bad luck number as it’s associated with death

In Christianity there are four horsemen of the apocalypse

John Locke was 4 years in a wheelchair

8 - Hugo “Hurley” Reyes

One of Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths is the Eightfold Path

In mathematics is the sixth number in the Fibonacci sequence

A chess board is 8x8

In China is considered a lucky number, asscoiated with prosperity and joy

15 - James “Sawyer” Ford

The number of checkers each side has at the beginning of a backgammon game

In tarot cards corresponds to The Devil

In western numerology 15 is associated with being short-tempered and excitable. People born on a 15th is believed to be money-greedy but also romantic.

16 - Sayid Jarrah

In chess each player starts with sixteen pieces

There are sixteen different personality types in the Myers-Briggs classification system

In western numerology the number 16 means wisdom

23 - Jack Shephard

In Discordian religion 23 is a holy number

Damon Lindelof (co-creator and main writer of Lost) worked in building 23 in Burbank while writing the show

23 is said to be the number of the Illuminati and has part in many conspiracy theories

The 23rd Psalm in the Bible gives its name to one of Lost episodes (s2ep10)

Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, a drop of blood takes (on average) 23 seconds to make a complete circuit of the human body and there are 23 discs in a human spine (Jack’s a spinal surgeon)

The Earth axis is tilted at a 23 degree angle

Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times

In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities Sidney Carton is prisoner number 23. The novel also gives its name to a Lost episode (s3ep1)

Laura Palmer was killed on February 23. Lost creators and writers have credited Twin Peaks as a huge influence and ispiration in their work.

42 - Jin Kwon

42 is the number with which God creates the Universe in Kabalistic tradition 

Egyptian mythology there are 42 Divine Principles of the Goddess Maat

In Egyptian mythology the 42 Books of Thoth describe the instructions for achieving immortality

42 is the angle in degrees for which a rainbow appears

Approx every 42 month there is a Solar Eclipse. Where the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun

42 appears in many of the works of Lewis Carrol and is thought to hold a special importance to him. Carrol’s novel Through the Looking-Glass gives its title to one of Lost episodes (s3ep22)

In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet was to drink a potion which made her appear dead for 42 hours

In Douglas Adams’ book series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 42 is the answerto the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. Lost creators have said to be fans of the books.

Bonus - 108 

4 + 8 + 15 + 16 + 23 + 42 = 108

The number 108 is considered sacred by the Dharmic Religions, such as In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism. It’s usually linked to spiritual completion

In the neo-Gnostic teachings of Samael Aun Weor, an individual has 108 chances (lifetimes) to eliminate his egos and transcend the material world

Chinese astrology has 36 beneficial stars and 72 malevolent stars constituting a total of 108 stars

According to Chinese and Indian Martial Arts: Marma Adi and Ayurveda, there are 108 pressure points in a human body

The pre-historic monument Stonehenge is 108 feet in diameter

The distance between the Earth and the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the Sun. The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the Earth. The distance between the Earth and Moon is 108 times the diameter of the Moon

fanfics in a sentence:

Hamlet: Man delights not me—

Horatio: That’s not what you said last night, my lord.

Rosencrantz and Guildestern: WHAT.

"This then was love, to look and look until one exists no more, this was the love which was the same as death."

Iris Murdoch, The Unicorn

Tim Roth, Gary Oldman and Iain Glen in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Tom Stoppard, 1990)

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