It would have been more interesting if people found them BEFORE it happened.
Funny how all these codes are found AFTER the fact.
Of course, predicting conflict in the Middle East...how hard is that?
2006-08-03 08:20:52
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answered by Zhimbo 4
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You really should know better. Those bible codes are nonsense and should insult the intelligence of a 10-year-old. But then it's not the 10-year-old market that such book writers are targeting, since they're too smart to fall for it.
Exactly the same methods can be used to 'predict' anything using any literature, even a page of random verbiage produced by monkeys.
Here's an example of how:
http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/dilugim/diana.html
At best, it's like Nostradumdum and his prophesies, retro-fitted after the fact, since nothing he raves about makes any sense until distorted to fit in with equally distorted 'facts' later.
Why are there no 'prophesies' EVER worded in clear and concise terms instead of mysterious cryptic mumbo-jumbo anyone can distort to serve any agenda?
Real prophesies would never be nebulous or vague and apparent gibberish or it would defeat the whole purpose in the first place. What's the point of any prophesy? To confuse people by being worded in language that makes no sense or is hidden mysteriously in cryptic codes within random ancient writings that requires an IBM and a team of Harvard computer scientists to uncover long after any value it had has since expired anyway?
The frenzied ravings of those tribal monkey men whose greatest value to society was their demise must have been incredibly smarter than we assumed or don't the gods have anything better to do with their time?
2006-08-03 11:39:12
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answered by Jay T 3
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This is just stupid crap that gets recycled every time something happens (or doesn't happen). Try to find an interesting problem to think about. One possibility would be to do a search on the origins of Christianity and how Bible codes were contrived to turn the human Jesus into a god. This is not a post about mathematics, but it is all about superstition.
2006-08-03 09:00:34
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answered by ronw 4
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Many of the previous answerers have highlighted the weaknesses of using Bible Coding.
Statistically, you can take any large collection of numbers, search for occurences and sequences of letters, and expect to find references to almost anything! Thus, if you were to try to Bible Code the future, you could get messages on any conceivable topic, as well as messages that contradict one another.
But, if you are trying to impress your friends, it's a much better show to wait for something to happen, then search for the code that explains it.
2006-08-03 12:07:59
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answered by Polymath 5
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i heared some one on hezbollah tv saying that in jewish book it says that lebanon is gurded by a prophet i forgot the name the nuber is 2-57 i think
2006-08-03 09:55:13
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answered by koki83 4
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This is not a question of mathematics
2006-08-03 08:43:06
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answered by andelska 3
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