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Mathematics bombshell: God 'confirmed in Bible'
World Net Daily ^ | December 12, 2004

Posted on 12/12/2004 3:07:51 AM PST by The Loan Arranger

For a lot of people, the Bible and mathematics are dry subjects, but not for Edwin Sherman – he believes he's found how the two fit together.

Sherman, founder of the Isaac Newton Bible Code Research Society and a professional mathematician, is convinced that the Hebrew Bible contains coded messages that are evidence of God's authorship of the Bible. His book, "Bible Code Bombshell: Compelling Scientific Evidence that God Authored the Bible," describes numerous examples of encoded phrases and sentences that are both lengthy and relevant to the text where they were found.

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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea


Ex 17:14
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.



Ex 34:27
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.



81 posted on 12/12/2004 5:59:51 AM PST by D Edmund Joaquin (''On the issue of evolution, the verdict is still out on how God created the Earth" GeorgeW.Bush)
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To: The Loan Arranger
I reminded of the experience of Dr. Jocolpus Bumer, as described in "The Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Bierce under the entry for the letter "J":

"J

is a consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel -- than which nothing could be more absurd. Its original form, which has been but slightly modified, was that of the tail of a subdued dog, and it was not a letter but a character, standing for a Latin verb, jacere verb, jacere, "to throw," because when a stone is thrown at a dog the dog's tail assumes that shape. This is the origin of the letter, as expounded by the renowned Dr. Jocolpus Bumer, of the University of Belgrade, who established his conclusions on the subject in a work of three quarto volumes and committed suicide on being reminded that the j in the Roman alphabet had originally no curl."
82 posted on 12/12/2004 6:08:34 AM PST by Maceman (Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
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To: The Loan Arranger

This numerology is completely nutty.

The numbers in the Bible are most assuredly not the message. In fact, except for mere numbers of enumeration, like the Ten Commandments, the numbers in the Bible mean nothing much at all. Many of them are simple hyperbole. For example, Jesus comments that we are to forgive seventy times seven times (490, if you suspect that there is any mystery in that). That was because the customary saying was that one should forgive seven times (which usually will do the job!), but by giving a ridiculously large number, he was saying that there is no real limit. He was saying it in an easily remembered way, as a clever quip, and using hyperbole (exaggeration for effect). Hyperbole is all throughout Jesus's teachings.

If people would lighten up a bit, and read the Bible straight, it is not that difficult.

Does anyone really take seriously the dimesins of the ark? Or the ages of those superannuated ancestors in the Old Testament? If there is any message there, it is God saying to us, "This is not a matter of numbers."

While people are looking for wisdom in obscure places, the truth is plainly stated, and right in front of them. It does not take a Ph.D., or higher math, or knowledge of dead languages to figure it out.


83 posted on 12/12/2004 6:19:28 AM PST by docbnj
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To: BigCinBigD
LOL.

JAMJ had some decent time against Pitt.

84 posted on 12/12/2004 6:22:42 AM PST by beyond the sea (I know beyond a doubt ...... my heart will lead me there)
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To: The Loan Arranger

Have the 'bible-code' script kiddies
ever looked at the Talmud?
.
Lots of goodies.


85 posted on 12/12/2004 6:36:59 AM PST by greasepaint
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To: Zeroisanumber
Bravo Sierra.

If God were to put "proof" of his existence in the Bible, then why not give something unequivocal such as "The Sun is a Star", or "E=MC2"?(I fixed 'it' for you)

Why would the greatest being in existence bother to play obscure number games which only appear in Hebrew?

In any event, why would you want concrete proof for the existence of God? Wouldn't that totally invalidate the concept of faith?


86 posted on 12/12/2004 6:39:23 AM PST by Condor51 (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Gen G Patton<P>)
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To: Zeroisanumber

Truth--and Scripture go hand in hand. Some choose to reject
both.Some rebel against one--but not the other.Clearly those
who reject God will reject any Scientific evidence that
affirms -reaffirms ones faith.These Codes merely PROVE ones
faith--or ones lack of Faith.Ones obedience--or rebellious
childishness.


87 posted on 12/12/2004 6:39:26 AM PST by StonyBurk
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To: papertyger

The term "evolution" can mean very, very different things. The term "Cyrus" cannot..


88 posted on 12/12/2004 6:39:32 AM PST by AntiGuv (™)
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To: johnnyb_61820
"... but are you sure E=MC^2 is correct? There are no exceptions?"

Well, thus far E=MC2 has held up. There was almost a "problem" with it regrading Gamma Ray Bursts, but Physicists eventually found "the" solution and E=MC2 wound up still being correct.

That being said, the 'solution' to make E=MC2 'work' was kind of heading shaking. I just went uh .. ok, sure. As to me it seemed to ignore an obvious contradiction. Or at the least it raised more questions.

89 posted on 12/12/2004 7:03:04 AM PST by Condor51 (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Gen G Patton<P>)
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To: The Loan Arranger

Please tell me that NewsMax hasn't gotten so thoroughly debased as to be publishing "The Bible Code" as a news story! THere's only been three movies, four sequels and spinoffs, countless refutations, and ten years of failed prediction since "The Bible Code."

This is like the snake-handlers' answer to Nostradamus.


90 posted on 12/12/2004 7:06:24 AM PST by dangus
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To: The Loan Arranger

Oh, and here's something else funny: The Hebrew bible, as it stands today, was compiled only after Christ was denied by the Jews. Archaeological discoveries and historical research have shown that, in spite of St. Jerome's naive assertions, it's the Septuagint and not the Masoretic Text which most closely approximates the Hebrew bible at the time of Christ's birth. Only problem is there was no starnadardized text at all at that time.


91 posted on 12/12/2004 7:08:45 AM PST by dangus
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To: Grut
3.1416537263876738839207884845831637260548326253917283IAMYHWH238371FREPRSROK3827183515
92 posted on 12/12/2004 7:15:04 AM PST by dangus
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To: Miss Marple

Yeah, Miss Marple, that's part of the joke.


93 posted on 12/12/2004 7:15:56 AM PST by dangus
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To: D Edmund Joaquin
". Isaiah 53 proved to be a rich cluster of hidden messages, containing 42 encoded statements relating to Jesus' death, resurrection and ascension, far more than his baseline predicted. Note the number 42. 42 months in Jesus' ministry, 42 sojourns in the desert, (Numbers 33), 42 children eaten by the bears when they told Elisha to "go up!" Great stuff!"

Yeah! Plus '42' was the answer to the ultimate question of the universe in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. That's all the proof I need.
94 posted on 12/12/2004 7:16:08 AM PST by Rebel_Ace (Tags?!? Tags?!? We don' neeeed no stinkin' Tags!)
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To: Jeff Gordon

Aww, ya beat me to it. :)


95 posted on 12/12/2004 7:17:21 AM PST by Rebel_Ace (Tags?!? Tags?!? We don' neeeed no stinkin' Tags!)
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To: The Loan Arranger

Where's the bunny with a pancake on his head when you need him?


96 posted on 12/12/2004 7:18:19 AM PST by Rockitz (After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
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To: Jeff Gordon

and is the reverse of 24


97 posted on 12/12/2004 7:18:23 AM PST by concretebob (but what do I know, I'm just an ignorant peasant)
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To: The Loan Arranger

The Judeo Christian God doesn't operate by sleight of hand. Yes He uses numbers for symbolic reasons BUT He doesn't hide things so only a few can know.


98 posted on 12/12/2004 7:18:39 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: puppetz
If you run enough formulae you can get a code to say anything from any huge group of letters and words.

Maybe so, but in the Bible Codes they don't run "formulae" and they have only one code, a simple skip sequence, that is complicated (mathematically) by context.

As far as the code being proof of God: Reporter Michael Drosnin who wrote two or three books on the subject believes the code is real and believes it's creator could see the future--but he STILL does not believe in God.
99 posted on 12/12/2004 7:22:59 AM PST by TalBlack
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To: puppetz

Could you do it with TV Guide or some Shakespeare and post it here?


100 posted on 12/12/2004 7:26:50 AM PST by Joey Silvera
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