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Bible Codes
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oracle
Active Member
The real probelm is a psychological one. People want to believe in something like this, just like people want to believe in psychics. These things actually create an emotional high, and people subconsciously do it for that high rather than realizing the facts. I would say that 95% of all conspiracy theories are false. Michael Drosnin is someone who knows this and he knows he can cheat people out of their money. What do you think will sell more? A book like that or a book that says there's no bible code. People want to believe that a bible code exists. I will say that there are some encoded messages, but it's not very elegant like the advertised bible code.
It's really rediculous how people cheat others out of their money.
It's really rediculous how people cheat others out of their money.
seraphimfire
Member
Sorry about the mispellings. Kabbala is spelled many ways seen in books and on the net. I know the book's main intent is mathematical, am I correct in this understanding? What I've seen is a large cult following involving many differing views on Kabbala. This is another thread altgether! You are right Oracle, many people are facinated by something that promises secrets revealed. I'm not very wealthy and to produce something as complicated as the Bible Code just to make me rich goes against all my integrety.
oracle
Active Member
"Cabala" is christian spelling, "Qabala" is occult spelling, "Kabbalah" is the scholarly spelling, the number of B's and L's varies from author to author. There are books such as the Zohar and the Sefer Yitzera. I have not researched into Kabbalah extensively, but from what I know it involves the letter-numbers of the Hebrew Alphabet. I've been told that gematria however, is not real Kabbalah. Basically gematria assigns numerical values to the hebrew letters, and you have three types: archetypal, existential, and cosmic. Anyways, if someone advertises secrets revealed it's not a secret, most likely it's very unsupported, and if it is, it's trash.seraphimfire said:
The whole purpose of the bible was to reveal jesus, and help people deal with the end times. Jesus is revealed, revelations is there, so God has nothing more to say. If we need more proof, then we diserve what is coming for us.robtex said:
That said, at least at this stage, the bible codes seem to be a bit of wishful thinking. People are so desperate to find means for proving the bible right, when all they have to do is read the content. True skeptics will never be convinced of anything and these people are the only ones that stand to benifit from a mathematical proof.
"There exists a God in the heavens who is a Revealer of secrets."DANIEL 2:28.
For the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will not do a thing unless he has revealed his confidential matter to his servants the prophets AMOS 3; 7
"Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so. Truly I say to YOU, He will appoint him over all his belongings.(MATTHEW 24 45-47)So true christians dont need bible codes because the God of heaven is already revealing his secrets to his slaves .
For the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will not do a thing unless he has revealed his confidential matter to his servants the prophets AMOS 3; 7
"Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so. Truly I say to YOU, He will appoint him over all his belongings.(MATTHEW 24 45-47)So true christians dont need bible codes because the God of heaven is already revealing his secrets to his slaves .
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Majikthise
Guest
Bible codes are pure rubbish.
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
My question is, why are codes only found in the Torah?
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
I realize that... but I meant the ones that say there is a Bible Code only find them in the Torah... or am I confused about that? (I just watched a 2 hour show on the History channel about this, and I'm still confused on that point.)
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
So, the BC advocates only look in the Torah, and ignore the rest? Why?
No*s
Captain Obvious
Maize said:
Convenience. If you want to use the codes to prove the inspiration of the Hebrew Bible, then the presence of codes elsewhere invalidates it (as does a rudimentary grasp of textual criticism
). Some people purposely ignore it, others don't believe the claims when they hear it, and still others don't know the alternatives. They simply assume that it is unique.I can't say anything about a single individual, but I can say that it's appeared in other literature and mention the motives I have seen.
Doc
Space Chief
Anyone could switch the meaning of just about any piece of literature to predict the future or prove the past. I was watching something on this not long ago.
Yes perhaps, if I could have translated my poetry last year from English to Greek to German to Arabic to French back to English then Russian and Chinese and finally back to English, randomly scramble the letters and replace all the E's with R's and As with Ts I could have predicted the Tsunami and saved tons of people. Plainly, a monkey with a keyboard will eventually type a word.
I could say that the mysterious JRR Tolkien predicted the 9-11 because of his book the Two Towers. Both towers of great industry one destroyed before the other and eventually a memorial/forest garden created over the ruins. If only I could have seen it earlier.
Yes perhaps, if I could have translated my poetry last year from English to Greek to German to Arabic to French back to English then Russian and Chinese and finally back to English, randomly scramble the letters and replace all the E's with R's and As with Ts I could have predicted the Tsunami and saved tons of people. Plainly, a monkey with a keyboard will eventually type a word.
I could say that the mysterious JRR Tolkien predicted the 9-11 because of his book the Two Towers. Both towers of great industry one destroyed before the other and eventually a memorial/forest garden created over the ruins. If only I could have seen it earlier.