The end of the world

[Cinjin]

The number 21 is in lots of end time predictions. William Miller predicted the end of the Earth 3/21, camping 5/21, the Mayan 12/21 all different years of course. Something about 21 is very bad, unless your are playing Blackjack then 21 is great

I'm not sure why but religions really seem to like the numbers 7 and 3 and numbers that are divisible by 3. The Trinity, 12 disciples, 12 tribes of Judah (actually there's a lot of 12s), Jesus died at 3 pm, thus the witching hour is 3am, deism is the triangle (3 points), Wicca is the rule of three, there's actually far too many to list. Anyway, that makes 21 a real bonus because it incorporates both the desired divisibility factor plus the glorious number 7. The holiest of numbers. *insert eye-roll here*

Even free-thinkers and the like get attributed the value of pi (3.14) because why? maybe they deserve to share in this man-made "existential significance" of the #3.

Beats me. I have no idea why - nor do I care. I think it's just interesting because so many assign numbers important significance where there is none.