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The second god, Re, named three times to define the sun: dawn, noon, and evening. Thoth is described as the “thrice-great god of wisdom”. A doomed prince was doomed to three fates: to die by a crocodile, a serpent, or a dog. Three groups of three attempts each (nine attempts) were required for a legendary peasant to recover his stolen goods.
The Catholic Church also rejects the notions that God is "composed" of its three persons and that "God" is a genus containing the three persons. The c. fourth-century Gnostic text " Trimorphic Protennoia " presents a threefold discourse of the three forms of Divine Thought: the Father, the Son, and the Mother ( Sophia ). [ 35 ]
The 144,000 (Rev. 7:4; 14:1, 3) are the multiples of 12 x 12 x 10 x 10 x 10, a symbolic number that signifies the total number (tens) of the people of God (twelves). The 12,000 stadia (12 x 10 x 10 x 10) of the walls of the New Jerusalem in Rev. 21:16 represent an immense city that can house the total number (tens) of God's people (twelves).
The attributes of God must, Paley argues, be 'adequate to the magnitude, extent, and multiplicity of his operations'. Chapter XXV. Of the Unity of the Deity Paley argues that the uniformity of plan seen in the universe indicates a single God. Chapter XXVI. The Goodness of the Deity
Number symbolism is an ancient and pervasive aspect of human thought, deeply intertwined with religion, philosophy, mysticism, and mathematics. Different cultures and traditions have assigned specific meanings to numbers, often linking them to divine principles, cosmic forces, or natural patterns.
The system of ancient Egyptian numerals was used in Ancient Egypt from around 3000 BC [1] until the early first millennium AD. It was a system of numeration based on multiples of ten, often rounded off to the higher power, written in hieroglyphs.
A triad, in a religious context, refers to a grouping of three gods, usually by importance or similar roles. A triad of gods were usually not considered to be one in the same being, or different aspects of a single deity as in a Trinity or Triple deity.
While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity. In the Dialogues , Hume's characters debate a number of arguments for the existence of God , and arguments whose proponents believe through which we may come to know the nature of God.