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A team at Hebrew University in Jerusalem reported remarkable findings of codes buried in the book of Genesis in 1988. Other researchers followed, claiming to find predictions in the ancient text of "the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 to a Los Angeles earthquake in 2010." Some authors capitalized on these findings and published a series of best-selling religious books. Michael Drosnin's book "The Bible Code" reached the #3 spot on the New York Times best-seller list. By 1999-OCT, 12 books had been written on the topic; all but two promoted the idea of hidden codes. The actual truth about the Bible codes was finally revealed by statistical analysis: they do not just exist in the Pentateuch; they are found everywhere. ELS codes are found with approximately equal frequency in the Book of Genesis, the Qur'an, Tolstoy's "War and Peace," or in any sufficiently long text written in any language -- probably even in this web site which totals over 30 megabytes of text... |
Very interesting topic. I have heard of these "codes" for a long time but I have never taken the time to study it. In the website that Smudge linked (although I think the guy is totally nuts) the owner reveals a new code: The Assassination of George W. Bush.
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In the website that Smudge linked (although I think the guy is totally nuts) |
The first Bible Code book by Michael Drosnin was really interesting and I enjoyed it very much. I still leaf through it occasionally. The second book he wrote, he goes off on some very weird tangents (like DNA being brought to the earth by aliens), and I wonder now if he's just another wacko.
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The predictions were found in the text only after the crises already occurred |
Hmm, I didn't know that Rabin's assassination was found before the actual event.
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In addition, the fact that *only* the Hebrew text could provide the details of the list of. was it 12? ... rabbis birth dates, death dates, full names, etc., leads me to believe that the ELS found in other texts is simply due to size. I really believe in the Bible Codes found in the Hebrew are there intentionally. |
Yes, in fact, the author Mr. Drosnin actually warned Rabin. The problem with the mathematical model currently in use is that it is only 2D, and should actually be 3D, from what I remember from the book. There seem to be aspects of the "predictions" or "foretelling" that aren't complete, and might be if they could figure out how to add that third dimension.
In addition, there is always the possibility/probability for changing the outcome of any prediction, just by knowing about it and changing behaviors.
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what do birth rates and death rates of rabbis matter? |
Yes, dates, sorry. But still, is it just a matter of documentation, or does it serve any purpose? The predictions could be handy, but even if it did tell who the murderer was to be, should he be jailed before committing the murder, like in Minority Report? No major government actions would be based on those predictions, in my opinion, even if they were proven to be right many times before.
I read some of the Bible Code, but I didn't find it all that believable personally. First of all, ancient Hebrew had no vowels. This is part of the reason translations are not exact from ancient Hebrew to English. So, when saying every 7 letters will be used to form a word or every 6 or every 5 or whatever anyone wants, seems to be a bit of a stretch to me.