Bible Code. Myth or Probablility

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

Well, I know this will spark great debate. A noted Theoretical Physics Prof. at Cal Tech and a man who thinks he may have solved the problems of the comsmos and proven that God exists, go tit for tat.

YouTube - Michael Shermer Decodes the Bible Code

My thoughts are quite plain.....Ahh So:unsure:

 

[IntruderLS1]

My mother bought into this a few years ago and asked me to look at it.

I was initially interested, but when I found out the guy was selling it, I decided I was a true skeptic, and started looking into the system.

My personal opinion of it, is that it is a toy generated to sell to believers to make money.

It cannot tell the future, because the only way to get information out of it is to use key words of an event that you already know of.

The way it stretches and shrinks the text to make words, could be used on any text of reasonable length. I'm remembering an argument against it where somebody built the matrix using the book Moby Dick, and it worked great.

Beyond that, the Bible was not written in English. Not only was it not written in English, there are several current English translations, which will all provide different information in the program.

Short answer... I don't buy it. :shrug:

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

My mother bought into this a few years ago and asked me to look at it.

I was initially interested, but when I found out the guy was selling it, I decided I was a true skeptic, and started looking into the system.

My personal opinion of it, is that it is a toy generated to sell to believers to make money.

It cannot tell the future, because the only way to get information out of it is to use key words of an event that you already know of.

The way it stretches and shrinks the text to make words, could be used on any text of reasonable length. I'm remembering an argument against it where somebody built the matrix using the book Moby Dick, and it worked great.

Beyond that, the Bible was not written in English. Not only was it not written in English, there are several current English translations, which will all provide different information in the program.

Short answer... I don't buy it. :shrug:

*high five* We agree..*write this down*

My theory is this....Who cares anyways?

It's kind of like....If someone could tell you the exact moment you were going to die...Would you really want to know?

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[Breath]

...The way it stretches and shrinks the text to make words, could be used on any text of reasonable length....

I agree with this. I am certain that any large pieces of texts could be manipulated to reveal hidden messages or predictions.

....Who cares anyways?

I would care under these circumstances.
Take that initial Bible and translate it into all the languages known to man. Perform the code searches on all of those versions. If you still get the same set of predictions from all of those versions, then I am going to look more closely.

 

[IntruderLS1]

I agree with this. I am certain that any large pieces of texts could be manipulated to reveal hidden messages or predictions.


I would care under these circumstances.
Take that initial Bible and translate it into all the languages known to man. Perform the code searches on all of those versions. If you still get the same set of predictions from all of those versions, then I am going to look more closely.

Indeed. If that were the case, we would really have something interesting on our hands.

Good observation.

 

[skyblue]

well if its true or not i dont know.......but,no-one who disbelieves will dispute the fact that they'd love more people,especially the youth of today to adopt christian values.

 

[All Else Failed]

they did the same thing with Mobey Dick. No big deal.

 

[GraceAbounds]

Well, I know this will spark great debate. A noted Theoretical Physics Prof. at Cal Tech and a man who thinks he may have solved the problems of the comsmos and proven that God exists, go tit for tat.

My thoughts are quite plain.....Ahh So:unsure:

I think it is funny that people are looking for code in the Bible. We can't even follow God's word that is written and right in front of our faces. Why bother with hidden codes when we can't even get the later right?! LOL! Leave it to man to continuously screw it up and miss what is right in front of us. :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly:

Too funny :24:
Code, mmmmm-hhmmmm - yeah ok not.

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

I think it is funny that people are looking for code in the Bible. We can't even follow God's word that is written and right in front of our faces. Why bother with hidden codes when we can't even get the later right?! LOL! Leave it to man to continuously screw it up and miss what is right in front of us. :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly:

Too funny :24:
Code, mmmmm-hhmmmm - yeah ok not.

Hey you....Stop making so much sense