Primary & Secondary References
Primary Dates
- September 8 (9/8)
- December 14 (12/14)
Secondary Reference Dates / Numbers Used Elsewhere in the Record
- December 20 (12/20)
- 8, 9, 12, 14, 20
- 9 × 8 = 72
JURY APPENDIX • ALIGNED DATES AS ATTENTION MARKERS
EXHIBIT A — ALIGNED DATE/NUMBER EXHIBIT
Primary & secondary references entered as an index of aligned facts referenced throughout the record.
A
FOUNDATIONAL RECORD
Limiting Instruction
- This exhibit is offered solely as an index of date-aligned facts referenced in witness testimony throughout the proceedings.
- All alignments are presented as attention markers, not causes, predictions, or explanations of tragedy.
- No meaning is assigned to loss, and no claim of inevitability or divine causation is made.
- This exhibit functions as a navigational appendix for the jury.
Spock’s limiting instruction (admissibility)
The court admits this context for a narrow purpose: it explains why the witness noticed and preserved certain dates and numbers, and how they function in the narrative as organizing markers. It is not admitted to prove causation, prophecy, or inevitability. The jury may consider it only as background for credibility, chronology, and the witness’s state of mind.
Foundational Testimony
The Plaintiff (Foundational Chronology)
Aligned Date Fact
September 8 — shared family birthday (brother “David” / sister “Mary”), forming the marker “9/8.”
Mary and David are significant figures in Jesus’ Passion story.
Aligned Date Fact
December 14 — first date between Plaintiff and future spouse.
Aligned Date Fact
December 20 — second date (Titanic).
Aligned Date / Numeric Fact
8–9–12–14–20 preserved as a personal attention-marker framework.
The numbers began in relationship and love, not prediction. Their resonance was recognized later, after tragedy prompted reflection.
Encounters with the Story of Jesus
The Passion of the Christ (2004 film) • Anne Catherine Emmerich
Aligned Date Fact
September 8, 1774 — birth.
Catholic mystic whose visions of Christ’s Passion served as source material for The Passion of the Christ. Her visions are from Mary’s point of view. In Catholic tradition, September 8 is the feast of Mary’s birth — Marymas.
Fall of Jerusalem (70 AD) • Flavius Josephus
Aligned Date Fact
September 8, 70 AD — fall of Jerusalem.
First-century Jewish historian grounding Jesus’ apocalyptic warnings in a pivotal historical event. In the Olivet Discourse (Matt 24), Jesus foretold the destruction of the Second Temple and Jerusalem within a generation. This prophecy helped drive the arrest and crucifixion, with Roman involvement.
Jesus Returned in Female Form • Mother Ann Lee
Aligned Date Fact
September 8, 1784 — death.
Founder of the Shakers; followers believed she was Christ returned in female form. She was persecuted and beaten for her beliefs. She died a martyr.
Jesus as the Root of David • Michelangelo’s David
Aligned Date Fact
September 8, 1504 — unveiling of David in Florence.
King David as an enduring theological and cultural symbol; messianic expectation tied to David’s throne. The New Testament begins with 14 × 3 generations tracing Jesus’ lineage through King David.
Power, Authority & Moral Choice
British Monarchy Context
- King Richard I — September 8, 1157 — born
- King George III — September 8, 1761 — met Princess Charlotte; married the same day
- Queen Victoria — December 14, 1861 — death of Prince Albert; December 14, 1878 — death of Princess Alice
- King George VI — December 14, 1895 — born
- Queen Elizabeth II — September 8, 2015 — surpassed Queen Victoria’s reign; September 8, 2022 — died
Founding Father of the United States & Modern Political Power
- George Washington — December 14, 1799 — died
- Richard Nixon — September 8, 1974 — presidential pardon
- Evel Knievel — September 8, 1974 — Snake River Canyon jump
- Donald J. Trump — December 14, 2020 — first COVID vaccine administered in the U.S.; Electoral College certification
Civil War — Power, Division & Moral Reckoning
American Civil War (1861–1865)
- April 12, 1861 — Civil War began
- April 9, 1865 — Civil War ended
Abraham Lincoln
- April 14, 1865 — shot (Good Friday)
- Assassin captured 12 days later
- 8 individuals executed or imprisoned for conspiracy
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- September 8 — birth
- Hero at Gettysburg on Little Round Top as leader of the 20th Maine. His actions arguably saved the Union army.
Context preserved: a national rupture over slavery, union, and moral authority; a long struggle toward reconciliation.
Catastrophe & Technology Idolatry
Isaac Cline / Galveston Hurricane
- September 8, 1900 — Galveston hurricane: the deadliest natural disaster in American history (6,000–12,000 deaths)
Titanic (Event & Film)
- Ship struck iceberg 20 minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912
- Only 20 lifeboats for over one-third of the 2,200 passengers
- Ship designed in 1908
- Film won Best Picture at the 1998 Academy Awards
- The Wreck of the Titan (1898) fictionalized a similar disaster
Redemption out of War
John F. Kennedy / Cuban Missile Crisis
- September 8, 1962 — first Soviet missiles (R12 and R14) delivered to Cuba
Wernher von Braun
- September 8, 1944 — first V-2 missile used against civilian population
Apollo Program
- December 14, 1972 — final crewed lunar mission departed the Moon
- 12 men walked on the Moon
- Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast
Context preserved: redirection of destructive power toward exploration; a moment that brought the world together. Spears were turned into pruning hooks.
Music as Cultural Memory & Redemption
- Ken Burns / Country Music — September 8 — birthdates of Jimmie Rodgers and Patsy Cline: first male and female inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
- John Lennon — Born October 9; obsession with 9; recurrent use of 8 and 9 in songs; December 8, 1980 — death
- Sam Phillips — “Rocket 88” as an early Rock ’n’ Roll landmark
- Pink (Alecia Moore) — September 8, 1979 — birth
- Taylor Swift — Born December 13, 1989; 2024 Grammy-winning album titled Midnights. Wrote her first song at age 12, moved to Nashville at age 14; audience participation spotlighted in “22.”
Sports as Communal Memory & Redemption
- Cold War on Ice: 1972 Summit Series (Canada vs. USSR) — 9 × 8 = 72. Eight-game format (unusual vs. seven). On September 8, 1972, the USSR won, led 3–0 with 1 tie. Deciding Game 8: series tied (3–3 with 1 tie); Canada won in the final seconds.
- Michael Jordan — “The Shot” (1989) & (1998); three-peat wins on June 12, 14, 20
- Chicago Cubs — Sosa/McGwire HR race; record HR on September 8, 1998; “Bartman Game” sequence: 8th inning, 8 runs, SS#8; redemption in 2016: dramatic Game 7. Last championship in 1908 (108 years prior).
- Perfection in the NFL — 1972 Dolphins; Bears Super Bowl 20; #72 “Refrigerator” Perry
- Muhammad Ali — 8th-round KO of George Foreman (“rope-a-dope”)
- Wilma Rudolph "the human tornado" — Olympic gold on September 8, 1960
- Tebow Football — Broncos 2011–12 season ended 8–8; playoff win vs. Pittsburgh (“3:16 game”) as attention-marker illustration
- Tebow baseball — contract signed on September 8, 2016; debut HRs (Columbia Fireflies; St. Lucie Mets)
- First “Hail Mary” — Staubach #12 to Pearson #88
- Knute Rockne / George Gipp — “win one for the Gipper”; Gipp died December 14
Closing Human Witness
Aligned Date Fact
Scarlett Lewis / Choose Love Movement — December 14, 2012 — Sandy Hook shooting.
Jesse left the message “NURTURIN HELIN LOVE” on a chalkboard before he died; it inspired the Choose Love Movement. A deliberate choice of love after tragedy. Love → Tragedy → Love mirrors The Great Invitation and the Passion story of Jesus.
Numeric Relationship Note
The numbers 8–9–12–14–20 were first preserved as personal markers of love and chronology, not prediction. Later, 72 (as 9 × 8) emerged as a bridge-number that links this private framework to broader cultural and historical patterns without claiming causation.
Numeric Relationship
9 × 8 = 72
Presented symbolically only. Reflects judgment (9) × renewal/Christ (8). Analogous to biblical symbolic multiplication.
Context (collapsible): common meanings used outside this record (non-binding)
- 8 — often linked with new beginnings / renewal (common biblical-symbolic usage).
- 9 — often linked with fullness / completion (a “finished set”).
- 12 — often linked with governance / covenant community (e.g., tribes, apostles).
- 14 — often linked with deliverance / “Davidic” framing (e.g., Matthew’s 14-14-14 structure).
- 20 — often linked with accounting / judgment / maturity (varies by tradition; not asserted as fact here).
- 72 — a “bridge-number” in multiple traditions: 12×6 structure, 9×8 structure, and recurring appearances in biblical manuscripts and cultural counting systems (not offered as proof—only as context for why the number draws attention).
These associations are included only to show that the witness’s private number-set also exists in broader symbolic ecosystems. The record does not claim these meanings are “true,” only that they are commonly used and therefore relevant background.
Control example (collapsible): a “random neat set” (why meaning alone is insufficient)
Any group can assign meaning to a tidy sequence (e.g., 3–6–9–12–15 or 1–2–3–4–5) after the fact. The point of Exhibit A is not that “numbers have meaning,” but that this specific set is tethered to dated, checkable events in the witness’s chronology and then appears again as an organizing pattern across the broader record.
Jury Notes
- This exhibit is a reference index, not an argument.
- Skepticism is preserved and encouraged.
- No additions permitted without formal amendment.
Direct-link note (recommended on your site): Exhibit A is foundational and may be linked directly wherever it is cited.
Optional Context (click to expand)
Why 72 Keeps Appearing Across Traditions
Optional Context (click to expand)
Why 72 Keeps Appearing Across Traditions
Limiting instruction:
This sidebar does not argue that numbers cause events, predict outcomes, or encode divine instructions.
It offers background on how 72 has functioned historically as an attention marker—often tied to
structure, mediation, and transmission.
Why 72 Keeps Appearing (Big Picture)
Across religions, 72 repeatedly functions as a number of completeness, mediation, or transmission—often tied to:
- the spread of divine knowledge,
- the ordering of chaos,
- or the connection between heaven and earth.
It is rarely about prediction. Almost always about structure, delegation, and relationship.
Judaism
1) The 72 Names of God (Shem HaMephorash)
- Derived from Exodus 14:19–21, where three verses of 72 Hebrew letters each are read boustrophedon (forward/backward).
- Produces 72 triplets, understood in Kabbalah as attributes or channels of divine action.
- Not magical spells in classical Judaism—rather, meditative lenses on how God engages the world.
Theme: God’s unity expressed through many attributes.
2) The Septuagint (Greek Translation)
- According to tradition, 72 Jewish scholars translated the Torah into Greek.
- Despite working separately, they produced identical translations—symbolizing divine coherence.
Theme: Truth preserved across languages and cultures.
Christianity
3) Jesus Sends Out the 72 Disciples
- In Luke 10, Jesus sends 72 (or 70) disciples ahead of him.
- They are sent two by two, emphasizing witness, relationship, and preparation—not dominance.
- Many connect this to the Table of Nations in Genesis, representing the world.
Theme: The message is meant for all peoples, carried by human agents.
4) Symbolic Completion
- Early Christian numerology sometimes treated 72 as:
- 12 (tribes/apostles) × 6 (days of work) = mission completed in the world.
Theme: Sacred calling lived out in ordinary human time.
Islam
5) The “72 Sects” Hadith (Often Misunderstood)
- A well-known tradition references 73 groups, with 72 straying.
- Historically used more as a warning against division than a literal census.
- Classical scholars emphasized humility and mercy, not counting or condemning.
Theme: Human tendency toward fragmentation—and the call to unity.
Important note: later polemical uses often distort the original moral warning.
Hinduism & Indian Traditions
6) Cosmic and Astronomical Meaning
- The Earth’s axial precession shifts roughly 1 degree every ~72 years.
- This made 72 significant in ancient cosmology and temple geometry.
- Some traditions link it to chakras, nadis, or cycles of breath.
Theme: Alignment between cosmic order and human life.
Ancient & Mystical Traditions
7) World Languages & Peoples
- Many ancient systems counted 72 nations or languages after Babel.
- This appears in Jewish, Christian, and later mystical traditions.
Theme: Diversity arising from unity; the human family spread across the world.
Mathematics & Structure (Cross-Tradition)
72 is highly divisible (by 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12). It works well for:
- calendars,
- geometry,
- music,
- timekeeping.
This practical usefulness likely reinforced its symbolic adoption.
What 72 Is Not
Across traditions, 72 is not primarily:
- a prediction code,
- a countdown,
- or a guarantee of salvation.
It is structural, not sensational.
Unifying Thread (Plain Language)
If there is a shared meaning across religions, it is this: 72 represents the moment when unity is expressed through many messengers, many paths, or many voices—without losing coherence.
It’s a number about:
- delegation without loss of authority,
- transmission without distortion,
- meaning carried by humans rather than imposed on them.
Why This Matters for Your Project
- 72 aligns naturally with attention → transmission → choice
- It supports prophecy as invitation, not mechanism
- It reinforces that love spreads through people, not control
No mysticism required. No superstition needed. Just structure.
