Re: "TABERNACLE-OLOGY " & "THE KORAN CODE"

Ed, again, all very interesting, but as you must know completely irrelevant to my thesis.

Vernon
www.otherbiblecode.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "ed babinski" <ed.babinski@furman.edu>
To: "Vernon Jenkins" <vernon.jenkins@virgin.net>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 11:36 PM
Subject: "TABERNACLE-OLOGY " & "THE KORAN CODE"

> TABERNACLE-OLOGY (www.madewithouthands.com)
>
> Has anyone visited the above website? It's an attempt to find gematric
> significance in Biblical numbers, the numbers that are given as the
> dimensions of the tabernacle in the wilderness as recorded in the
> Pentateuch. It also attempts to prove that the gematric values of the
> Hebrew word(s) for "Adam" and "diamond" prove the divine inspiration of
> the King James Bible.
>
> I am not endorsing the above site, just mentioning it since Vernon, a
> member of the ASA forum, has his own "Bible code" based on the gematric
> values of the first 7 words in Genesis.
>
> THE "KORAN CODE"
>
> I also found mention of a "Koran code" on the internet, though its
> discoverers should probably spend more time juggling more numbers and come
> up with more coincidences.
>
> Devout Muslims have recently come up with various "Quran Codes." Not to
> mention various mathematical formula used to prove the truth of Bahaism (a
> religious offshoot of Islam):
>
>
> http://www.moslem.org/article_showall.asp?cat_id=10&parent_id=9&parent_name=Quran's+Miracle&sub_name=Miracles+of+Quran
>
>
> Mathematical Symmetry Of Divine Attributes In The Quran
> The Mathematical Symmetry Between The Frequency And Numerical Value Of
> God's Attributes In The Quran
>
> Beyond Probability; GOD'S MESSAGE IN MATHEMATICS
> This discussion would be unprofitable if it did not lead us to appreciate
> the wisdom of our Creator...
>
> ULTIMATE MATHEMATICS
> Assume you have a pair of two-digit numbers, ab and cd such that a, b, c
> and d are nonzero. If ab + cd = 100, then a + b + c + d = 19
>
> AUTHENTICATING MATHEMATICAL CODE
> An intricate mathematical code, far beyond the ability of human
> intelligence, has been discovered imbedded in the fabric of the scripture.
>
>
> AUTHENTICATING MATHEMATICAL CODE LV
> The Quran is characterized by a unique phenomenon never found in any human
> authored book...Part !
>
> AUTHENTICATING MATHEMATICAL CODE LV 2
> The Quran is characterized by a unique phenomenon never found in any human
> authored book...Part 2
>
> WHAT IS QUR'AN CODE?
> Several years before Michael Drosnin's profitable publication of The Bible
> Code, a biochemist named Dr. Rashad Khalifa discovered a statistical
> anomaly in the Qur'ân that ultimately led to the identification of what he
> described as a mathematical code embedded within its Arabic text.
>
> WHAT IS QUR'AN CODE? Part 2
> Several years before Michael Drosnin's profitable publication of The Bible
> Code, a biochemist named Dr. Rashad Khalifa discovered a statistical
> anomaly in the Qur'ân that ultimately led to the identification of what he
> described as a mathematical code embedded within its Arabic text.
>
> WHAT IS QUR'AN CODE? Part 4
> Several years before Michael Drosnin's profitable publication of The Bible
> Code, a biochemist named Dr. Rashad Khalifa discovered a statistical
> anomaly in the Qur'ân that ultimately led to the identification of what he
> described as a mathematical code embedded within its Arabic text.
>
> WHAT IS QUR'AN CODE? Part 3
> Several years before Michael Drosnin's profitable publication of The Bible
> Code, a biochemist named Dr. Rashad Khalifa discovered a statistical
> anomaly in the Qur'ân that ultimately led to the identification of what he
> described as a mathematical code embedded within its Arabic text.
>
> WHAT IS QUR'AN CODE? Part 5
> Several years before Michael Drosnin's profitable publication of The Bible
> Code, a biochemist named Dr. Rashad Khalifa discovered a statistical
> anomaly in the Qur'ân that ultimately led to the identification of what he
> described as a mathematical code embedded within its Arabic text.
>
> WHAT IS QUR'AN CODE? Part 6
> Several years before Michael Drosnin's profitable publication of The Bible
> Code, a biochemist named Dr. Rashad Khalifa discovered a statistical
> anomaly in the Qur'ân that ultimately led to the identification of what he
> described as a mathematical code embedded within its Arabic text.
>
> WHAT IS QUR'AN CODE? Part 7
> Several years before Michael Drosnin's profitable publication of The Bible
> Code, a biochemist named Dr. Rashad Khalifa discovered a statistical
> anomaly in the Qur'ân that ultimately led to the identification of what he
> described as a mathematical code embedded within its Arabic text.
>
> Diamond vs. Glass
> Does the Qur'an have miraculous numerical properties? I certainly believe
> so. A reflection on 74:30~31 will begin to tell the story.
>
> Mathematical Miracle in Lexical Harmony
> 88- Say, "If all the humans and the jinns came together in order to
> produce a The Quran like this, they would surely fail, no matter how much
> assistance they lent one another."
>
> Rejecting God's Signs and Support in the Name of God
> There are some who try to use volumes of senseless rhetoric to deny
> facts/truth/knowledge of any observed phenomenon. As if truth itself is
> dependent upon the excuses one seeks to deny it.
>
> THE MATHEMATICAL MIRACLE OF THE KORAN
> http://www.submission.org/miracle/
>
>
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>
> FARRAKHAN, CABALA, BAHA'I, AND 19
> Skeptical Inquirer; 3/1/1997; Gardner, Martin
> Religious text, especially the Bible and the Koran, are believed by some
> groups to contain hidden messages that can be broken through codes based
> on numbers. This is the concept behind a process called gematria. Muslim
> Louis Farrakhan supports the mystique role of numbers in his faith, giving
> particular attention to the importance of the number 19. A movement called
> the Baha'i also believes in the sacredness of the number 19.
> The two greatest sacred books of world religions are the Bible and the
> Koran. Given the belief that God directed the writing of each, it is not
> hard to understand... [full article not online]
>
>
> Response to "Farrakhan, Cabala, Baha'i, and 19"
> Response to Martin Gardner's "Farrakhan, Cabala, Baha'i, and 19," published
> in the Skeptical Inquirer (Mar-Apr 1997) by William Collins. ...
> http://bahai-library.com/essays/nineteen.response.html
>
> Response to Martin Gardner's "Farrakhan, Cabala, Bahá'í, and 19"
> ... in the Skeptical Enquirer (Mar-Apr 1997). Response to Martin Gardner's
> "Farrakhan, Cabala, Bahá'í, and 19". by William Collins. ...
> http://bahai-library.com/?file=collins_nineteen_response_gardner.html
>
>
> Cheers, Ed
>
>
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 6 17:29:57 2004