Thanks for your comments and anecdote.
I assume you have examined the material on my websites and are
therefore aware of the geometrical implications of many of my findings.
Standing at the centre of these proceedings is the number 37. Testimony
concerning the unique significance of this number arises principally
from three sources, viz (1) Mathematics (and the evidence of one's
eyes), (2) The Greek form of the Lord's Name, and (3) Revelation 13:18.*
To elaborate, briefly: 37 is associated with 3 symmetrical arrangements
of uniform circular counters - hexagon, hexagram and octagon (or
truncated square); it is a factor of both "Jesus" and "Christ"; it is a
factor of 666 - which, incidentally, is uniquely triangular in that each
of its attributes is triangular.
I have provided diagrams at the first of my websites which demonstrate
these features. They are unassailable, as I hope you'll agree.
If we now turn to the Hebrew of the Bible's opening verse, we find that
its 7 words - read, fairly, as numbers - total 2701, or 37 x 73. Let us
note that the interesting reflection of the digits in these prime
factors is radix-dependent, indeed, denary-dependent! Further, 73 has a
geometrical presence as 4th numerical hexagram; this figure has 4th
numerical hexagon(= 37) as its core! The product of these symmetrical
and related geometric entities (ie 2701) is 73rd triangular number.
Stein, assuming you were already aware of these matters (and more!)
before writing, I am surprised that you accord them so little weight!
Surely, the circumstances in which these 'coincidences' occur should
cause one who believes the Bible to be The Word of God to ponder a
little! After all, here we have the prologue to the Creation narrative -
a fundamental and strategically-placed assertion, represented at the
level of number as an appositely-symbolic equilateral triangle - linked
numerically with the Creator.
We are speaking of realities here! This 'anecdote' is surely in a
completely different class from the one you have quoted, is it not? And,
with respect to Ivan Panin, the evidence of supernatural design is
somewhat stronger, wouldn't you agree?
I look forward to receiving your further observations.
Regards,
Vernon
http://homepage.virgin.net/vernon.jenkins/index.htm
http://www.compulink.co.uk/~indexer/miracla1.htm
*I am reliably informed by a number of private correspondents that 37
has other features which confirm this view.
Stein Arild Stromme wrote:
>
> [Vernon Jenkins]
>
> | Having spent many years researching these matters, and convinced they
> | can only be of supernatural origin, I firmly believe they are intended
> | to accomplish some serious purpose in our day.
>
> Well, Ivan Panin spent most of his life looking for numbers and
> patterns. He certainly was able to convince himself, but that does
> not make his conclusions any more sound.
>
> Forgive me for relating the following story about the Indian
> mathematical genius Ramanujan, who was in hospital in England, about
> to die of tuberculosis, when the mathematician G. H. Hardy visited
> him. The following is taken from C. P. Snow's foreword to Hardy's
> book, "A mathematician's apology":
>
> Hardy used to visit him, as he lay dying in hospital at Putney.
> It was on one of those visits that there happened the incident of
> the taxi-cab number. Hardy had gone out to Putney by taxi, as
> usual his chosen method of conveyance. He went into the room where
> Ramanujan was lying. Hardy, always inept about introducing a
> conversation, said, probably without a greeting, and certainly as
> his first remark: `I thought the number of my taxi-cab was 1729.
> It seemed to me a rather dull number.' To which Ramanujan
> replied: `No, Hardy! No, Hardy! It is a very interesting number.
> It is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in
> two different ways.'
>
> I can't help wondering how many interesting patterns Ramanujan would
> have been able to spot, given just about any sequence of words and
> numbers.
>
> Stein
> --
> Stein A. Strømme --- Matematisk institutt, Universitetet i Bergen
> e-post: stromme@math.uib.no telefon: 5558 4825 telefax: 5558 9672