7

So i was watching the horror film Seven the other night and it got me to thinking how much ideology is connected with this seemingly irrelevant number. According to creationists god created the world in seven days, because of this there are seven days in a week, so the number in religion seems to have some mystical quality. I then got to thinking about the seven deadly sins: Wrath, sloth, gluttony, lust, envy, vanity and pride. It's an interesting concept that perhaps the majority of evil in the world comes down to these simple seven behaviours or attitudes. I mean i would find it hard to think of a dictator in history that hasn't been greedy and overflowing with pride. It then begs the question that if we only have to watch these seven problem areas why are more and more people not listening to the bible, the very book that introduced this concept, in order to guarantee a full life and perhaps an even more satisfying afterlife? I heard this fantastic quote the other day and it went a little something like this:

"I'm a christian, and if i'm wrong and there is no afterlife, nothing is going to happen to me. But you? You're an atheist, and what if you're wrong?"

Now before any people with a serious faith start thinking i too share the same faith, i don't. I am an atheist, but i do respect all faiths and those people who choose to live their lives by the guidelines they include and I've been thinking recently that what if all the atheists in the world are wrong? What if we all soon find ourselves in one Dante's seven circles of hell? You don't have to be extremely religious to be a good person and live your life by the rules set down by said Bible even if you don't believe in God. 

Now another fantastic fact linked to the number seven is that we are connected to every person on the planet by seven people or less. Isn't it a wonderful notion that I am somehow connected by a friend of a friend of a friend to President Obama or even perhaps the crazy Lady Gaga? I can't believe how small the world must seem to the older generations who grew up without even a phone in their home, it also makes you think, if i'm connected to all these people i see on TV, how many weird and wonderful people am i connected to that i don't know exist. It is a wonderful idea that my future husband, or boss could be only a friend of a friend away.

7 is such a fantastic number, Seven ancient wonders of the world, which interestingly enough according to a documentary about what would happen if all human life suddenly disappeared from the earth, would be the last signs that we existed, standing approximately another 2000 years with no maintenance, the last of which to fall being the great pyramids. There are 7 continents on the earth, seven colours in the rainbow, seven basic musical notes, a ladybug commonly most commonly has seven spots, there are seven rows in the periodic table and finally the neutral value required to sustain life on earth is also... you guessed it...7!

Just a cutesy little post to get me back into the swing of things as it's been while since ive been busy being back home an' all! Anyone got any more fun facts about the number seven? 
Atargatis over and out xxx