On 5/28/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 13 has been regarded as unlucky since long before Christianity. Many > cultures have regarded 12 as a "perfect" number and 13, one off from > perfection (as well as being prime, which always makes a number stand > out for good or bad), as suspect. > > It's more likely that the number of apostles and the number at the last > supper were chosen *because of* these ancient beliefs.
You'll soon be struck down dead by lightning if you persist in such thoughts... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
