I read the Bible Code. It was very interesting, although skeptics do say that if you look hard enough, you can find a code in just about anything.
That's an interesting point you make about us being in a program, I'm not sure about that. I think maybe it means that time is set in concrete and as computers become more advanced we'll be able to decipher more codes and perhaps prevent future disasters. If there truly is a code in the Bible and we figure it out, then we might be able to help ourselves for the future. Although it did say something like the world would end in 2006, which it didn't. The funny thing is that you have to know what you're looking for in the Bible code in order to actually find it, so maybe the Bible code is proof that God is real, but that we really can't do much about the future because we don't know in advance what will happen and we don't know how to search for it in the Bible. It's very interesting anyway, whatever the case.
2007-09-08 14:00:22
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answered by Anonymous
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Too much LDS back in the '60s, Tony?
The bible code and any others found in books like Moby Dick are just coincidences. If you look hard enough, you can rationalize any sort of coincidence into an apparent pattern.
And there are codes, and then there is code. The first kind is a cypher - a substitution - where one symbol stands for another. Morse code is one. Three dots stands for the letter "S".
The second is computer code. These are instructions to the computer, nothing more. To work, they require compilers, operating systems, input, storage, and output devices. And guess what? None of these existed except as paper and pencil when Moby Dick was written. There weren't even pencils when someone wrote the bible. The monks used crude ink, or even paint, to write the letters one at a time.
But if you think that someone has hidden the secret instructions to life, history, and so forth, in any of the great works of fiction, then I ask you to do it also. Try to write just one page on your computer, and hide the phrase "Elvis was a space alien and lives with Bigfoot" into it, using a simple, repeating pattern. Bonus points if you can work in John F. Kennedy, and Curt Cobain somehow. Once you get that done, imagine doing that over and over and over for hundreds of pages.
Or just swear off the peyote buttons.
2007-09-08 21:04:02
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answered by Ralfcoder 7
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I think a more important question we should be asking ourselves is "What the **** are we going to do about Poseidon causing all these hurricanes? He seems really upset right now." We should probably all start sacrificing hella at his altar (Temple of Neptune, Rome). Book your tickets now or we're all doomed!
2007-09-08 21:18:57
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answered by THE WOMPINATOR 2
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different types of code
just like star means a giant ball of exploding hydrogen and a well known person in popculture.
2007-09-08 21:44:21
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answered by the_honorable_spm 2
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Intense? We have free will. Live long and prosper..
2007-09-08 20:56:52
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answered by Anonymous
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HEY, what code, I always thought maybe it stood for Immortal Androgynous Man, but I never heard, please respond!
2007-09-08 20:58:02
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answered by Charles E 3
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The Matrix is a true story!!!! OMG, we're so doomed!!!!!!!!
2007-09-08 20:59:24
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answered by Bryce 7
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u should read Dianetics by L Ron Hubbard!!!
2007-09-08 20:54:54
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answered by Anonymous
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Are You A Communist?
2007-09-08 22:12:55
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answered by USMC Recon 2
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An enjoyable, thought provoking read -- thanks
2007-09-08 20:58:39
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answered by Anonymous
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