What Is Your Opinion About the "Bible Code"?

[scarygirl67]

The Bible Code theorizes that there are many hidden messages in the writings of the Bible itself. Here is a Wikipedia page on the subject.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_code

The link that UNR provided is a very educational page about the scientific rebuttals on the subject.

[4th Horseman]

They used the same code on the book Moby Dick, and it prodicted all kinds of things that had come to pass, and will. The problem with the power of suggestion is that we can apply it to anything, after it has happened. And once in a blue moon before, if we work the information properly. So I am against it unless it can actually and accuratly predict events that have yet happened. The problem is we apply it afterword and say, "See !"

[Nathan]

What's my opinion? Numbers, numbers, numbers... with math & logic you can prove everything, same thing apply to Bible Code. If you know what to look for, you will find a lot of information that turned to be truth.

[jeff]

I heard about "the Bible Code." With a computer, a few distinct search programs, you could probably find the secret receipe for Coca Cola (just kidding). I think having the program might be entertaining for a while, but I just don't believe God is hidding things in the Bible. Jesus' life in one part was to make a way for believers to approach God on their own. The Holy Spirit comes and changes us, and teaches us what we need to know, Bible in hand. I don't recall ever reading about a computer in the Bible that is part of the plan of salvation of mankind.

At best, The Bible Code has some entertainment value. There is always someone that is searching for a way to make money off of using the Bible.

That's my two cents.

[Roland]

You really have from what ive seen,to opposite poles of opinion on this. This is my opinion,i think yes, you probably can have this same result doing it to any book,but they did this in the old hebrew text.Which may be some validation for the computers picks.I don't dismiss anything, also i really believe a lot of important scripture was left out of the bible. The bible has a code and even newton was obsessed with it.I just don't think we are approaching this correctly archeology,sanskrit tablets,and egyptian drawings may be the best investigation methods to use.

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

CT...you said it for me...

I believe you could find these sort of "predictions" in any book especially the bigger ones (more words to work with)

[beauseant]

I read the book and...well, was impressed at first, but the book was written many years back, and most of the future predictions made in the book did not happen.

I have the book right here. On pg. 215 the end of days, i.e. world war 3, was predicted to occur in either 2000 or 2006. On page 227 it says there is no way to know which year is intended as both are a good match mathmetically. page 136 states: "the horror is now given a face and a time and a place - a nuclear world war perhaps by the year 2000 or 2006. On page 127 "Armageddon in the years 2000-2006 was the warning encoded in the same sacred verses of the Bible"........ Ummm....did I miss it?


also on page 229, they said Los angeles is not encoded, so they used LA Calif. Are you seeing the grasping for straws that I am seeing?

Also on page 218, with change in word breaks, numbers 3:24 is said to tell of Nixon. Intersecting parts of the text they find Watergate and "President, but he was kicked out". Why do I find that ludicrous? Because they are using "slang" words that are modern to convey a message they say was hidden by God at the beginning of time> "kicked out" is slang...not proper word usage. Also ludicrous is that God not only uses modern slang, but when spelling out Prime Minister Netanyahu's last name, he also intersected it with his nickname given to him by his mother "Bibi" Uh huh...yea. God calls him "Bibi".

ON page 153 it states that the earth was supposed to be hit by a comet also..."but the first year clearly encoded with "comet" is only 10 years away (from when the book was written) in the modern calendar 2006. Running across 2006 is the chilling statement "It's path struck their dwelling". Right above 2006 is an apparent confirmation of the time "Year predicted for the world".
Guess I missed the meteor strike and the nuclear war.....Did any of you catch either of those?


So, if it can only tell you of things that have ALREADY happened, not those in the future....well then, it really isn't "paranormal" is it? Because I can read about what has already happened in the daily newspaper...and my daily newspaper is not paranormal.

And IMO, the reason this "bible code" can only tell you what has already happened is because then you know what to look for. And if you look hard enough and long enough, you WILL find it, even if you have to do fancy shifting like turning Los Angeles into LA Calif.....

Sorry, but if I want to know what has already happened, I'll read my daily newspaper.

[chosen1]

I dont know enough to say about the Bible Code.
What I do know is the spelling in the time's the Bible was written, was significantly different, eg "ye olde english", compared to today's spelling of "the old english".

In that case if there is a Bible code I doubt that we would find it using today's language and spelling.

I agree with many other people that the Bible was written by man, and in that case could have been misinterpreted/misrepresented by man.

It is supposedly God's word's that are in it but why is there a King James version ?

I believe that King James did indeed rewrite part's of the Bible to serve his own agenda, as many other writer's of the Bible may have done before him.

I believe in God but I do doubt the authenticity of the Bible, as human's had a hand in writing it.

I could be wrong but those are my thought's

[jeff]

Hidden messages written in Bible Code? I'm not getting any younger, and I certainly don't have time to waste on something like this. It is yet another way to sell something pertaining to the Bible..., for the love of money. God is credited for saying, "You can't serve both God and mammon(money.)"

How about writing more books to make money based on subjects like Bible Cook Book. Lots of recipies, old first aid and remedies based on various types of herbs, berries, roots and leaves. A book like that might actually have something useful in it..., Christian or not. There were thousands of years before Christ came, and people needed medicine even as we also need medicine.

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ChosenOne,

There are numerous messages posted at this site that address automatic hand writing. Is that sort of thing true? I'm only guessing, but I suspect it is true.

How much harder is it to believe that prophets of God were also used that way? I do firmly believe that these prophets acknowledge that they were inspired and moved by the Spirit of God.

Modern science performs invitro fertilization for women to become pregnant and bear a child. Why is it so hard to believe that Mother Mary became pregnant when the Holy Spirit came upon her. It took a lot of faith on Joseph's part to accept Mary in her present condition..., however, Joseph was visited by an angel, and warned him to leave the area he was presently living in. Herod the Great was slaughtering all male children under the age of two years old. Yeah, I would probably run too.

Does science deserve to be held in higher esteem than Joseph, Mary and Jesus? Does it seem that God is not able to perform a miracle. Or, is science going to try and push God out of the group photo? Any god that can be forced into a container for observation and testing isn't really much of a God in my opinion. Oh. God is also a personal god..., even as we are personal beings, made in the image of God.

Hmmm? How can anyone make a dollar selling this sort of information?