I'm definitely a skeptic of the Bible, but there is an interesting phenomenon regarding the first 5 books (The Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Number, Deuteronomy) called the Bible Code that fascinates me. I have a hard time finding a way to put that into an Agnostic place, but suspect it's a result of Hebrew not having vowels, and being a very "mathematic" language. Does anyone have any insight to this?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The claim that the Bible has any such codes has been well debunked, including by the Orthodox Jewish Caltech math prof Barry Simon, though the statistical issues involved are somewhat subtle: [sites.math.washington.edu]
NeverSure
Level 5
Oct 25, 2019
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An interesting paper on the subject of Equidistant Letter Sequences presented at Researchgate.net
Geoffrey51
Level 8
June 25, 2019
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If you find that aspect interesting look into Gematria. Some interesting correlations can be found.
Bear in mind the system can be related to any text, not just biblical.
Geoffrey51
Level 8
June 25, 2019
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I've no idea what the bible code is but I have read the first five books of the new English translation in some detail, the King James version is too hard going., Some great stories but mostly pure mythology of course. I think maybe some people have been reading too many of Dan Brown;s novels.
Moravian
Level 8
June 25, 2019
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I tried to run the Bible code and it would not compile.
indirect76
Level 7
June 25, 2019
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The bible was written by men with an agenda and as such is not to be trusted
WayneDalton
Level 8
June 24, 2019
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there is no one "the" bible, capital b or otherwise. there are a gazillion translations. hebrew has vowels; they're very small. every language, including the language of music, is mathematical in its way. why would a language without vowels, if that were true, be hard to put into an agnostic place? are religious sites more receptive to vowelless languages? i don't have any insight into why you would say that. i also have no especial interest in made-up codes and made-up specialness. all the bibles are just books written by people who 1. didn't know a lot about science or nature, 2. didn't know a lot about writing.
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genessa
Level 8
June 24, 2019
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I read about the Bible Code, and applied it to various non-religious texts, including a legal disclaimer having nothing to do with religion, and Edgar Allen Poe's poem about the Raven. I found that it works just as much outside the Bible as it does within the Bible. It's a scam.
BestWithoutGods
Level 8
June 24, 2019
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Bible codes are made up bullshit just like the movies about the subject. Imagine bible books in several different languages and translations. How would you apply any such "bible code" to find out anything? It would be like using an auto repair manual to build a bird cage.
DenoPenno
Level 9
June 24, 2019
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There is no bible code. You can do the same thing with any text. It's just confirmation bias run amok.
greyeyed123
Level 7
June 24, 2019
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