George Murphy wrote (on the third point),
<<
3) If anybody does take this message seriously,
it's going to be very easy for them to get the idea that pi
and e are the really deep level of scripture hidden below the
surface details about the history of Israel & the
church - just as in _Contact_ pi is hidden below the primes
and Hitler and the plans for the transit device. & this would
be disastrous theologically, for the deep meaning of scripture is
Jesus Christ.
>>
I didn't see "Contact", but in fact, I would think that a piece of
writing that contained all kinds of hidden numbers would create
more suspicion than anything else. At least for us humans, and
probably any other intelligent life in the universe (_if_ it exists),
technology and chicanery are the standard operating procedures
to bambozzle other "developing" cultures.
In that respect, truth in a message is far more important than
the boring things that usually impress us.
by Grace alone we proceed,
Wayne
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