Monday, October 31, 2005

Critics of "The Bible Code"

"The Bible Code" is a book that says that there are encryptions contained in The Bible. It's dealing with the Bible in its original Greek language as an object of cryptology. The encryptions may be in the form of hidden words or sentences, and is read by either reading the Greek alphabets by leaving uniform spaces, like reading "abcdefg" as "aceg" (1 spacing) or "abcdefghij" as "adgj" (2 spacings), or by reading the alphabets either vertically or diagonally (like in crossword puzzle) in the context. The informations said to be contained in The Bible by reading those encryptions are said to be "shocking", as the informations contain historical records in it. The name "Newton", is found, by encryption, adjacent to the word "gravity". The name "Einstein", is found, near the word "relativity". There are so many shocking evidences! The World Trace Center 9/11 event and the case of murder of John F Kennedy are also said to be mentioned in the Bible. Well, the question is, is it a coincidence? The author may insist that it is not a coincidence, as the probability of finding such things, if it is not a coincindence, is extremely small! However, there are some things that still baffled me and thus I still say that it is a coincidence and I don't believe that the Bible contain such things. Here are my points :
First, how do you assume that The Bible contain such things? Because it is the "Book of Truth"? because it is the "Revelation of God" itself? Actually, you've made a fatal mistake! Yes, what if it is the "Revelation of God"? So far, i've learnt that the authors of The Bible is inspired by God, but God does not have it ready word-by-word for the authors to copy! For it to contain encrypted messages, it's choices of vocabulary must be specific. Hence, since the words are not really from God, the encrypted messages are merely gibberish!
Secondly, about the locations of where such encrypted messages are found, are simply at random. It does not show any regular pattern. And how do we know that it is not a coincidence when we found a certain name or word in it? The Bible is a very long text, and we know that the longer a text is, the higher is the probablity to find "coincidental" encrypted messages.
Thirdly, i know that the author is definitely wrong when he says that there contains an encryption saying that the world ends in 2006, when a war will occur. He adds on that we should therefore prevent this from happening by things like prevent military agression, reduce political conflicts, etc. What is this anyway? If it's a destiny, who can prevent it from happening? If we can prevent it by our actions, it's certainly not a destiny (Refer to posted message "About Horoscopes and Prophecies"). Here, it shows that the author contradicts himself and was inconsistent.

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