Pim,
Thank you for responding to my postings. I will deal with the matters
raised in your first communication in reverse order.
1) Regarding the uniqueness of my findings:
I cannot agree that such phenomena are commonplace, as you appear to
believe. Assuming that you have studied the material on my website in
some detail, I am surprised that you can honestly believe that
equivalent (or better) instances may be found in 'almost any book'. Let
me rehearse just a few of the many numerical features of the Hebrew
Bible's first verse - bearing in mind the historical fact that this
people introduced a system of alphabetic numeration c.200BC - centuries
after the words were first written
. the 7 words read (fairly) as numbers total 2701
. 2701 = 37 x 73 = 73rd triangular number
. the digit sum of each of the participants is 10 - radix of our
number system
. 37 is one of just two numbers which exhibit a 3-fold symmetry when
represented as a collection of uniform counters: octagon, hexagon and
hexagram; it may also be realised geometrically as the difference
between the cubes of 4 and 3, thus: 64 - 27 = 37
. 73 - the other factor of 2701 - possesses a hexagram symmetry that
is built around the hexagon and hexagram forms of 37
and, concerning the Creator, Jesus Christ (Jn.1:3,10; Col 1:16),
we obtain, by evaluation of the Greek Name and Title, 2368, or 37 x
64
I should be grateful, therefore, if you would advise me where I might
find an equivalent (or better) confluence of notable features, so
strategically-placed in a work expressed in a language which lends
itself to fair evaluations of the kind described - evaluations that came
into being subsequent to the initial penning of the words.
2) Regarding my alleged confusion:
No, I don't believe I have misunderstood the significance of the
empirical data unearthed. Let me explain:
. the phenomena speak eloquently of intelligent design; the
circumstances in which they occur precludes a naturalistic
explanation; it is logical, therefore, to conclude that they have been
devised and placed there by God to achieve some serious purpose
. appearing at this point in time - the world rapidly moving to a
pre-flood condition (Gen 6:5), we may reasonably infer that this
purpose is to allow man no possible excuse for rejecting the gracious
invitation of His Son, Our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ (eg Rev 3:20)
. considering the miraculous clothing of the words of Gen 1:1 with
numbers, it is reasonable to believe that our Creator meant every word
of the creation narrative to be taken literally
. in effectively removing atheistic pressure from the believer, the
need to bring the millstone of a flawed scientific theory into one's
faith disappears
. all problems associated with interpreting the Scriptures to meet
the requirements of Darwinism are resolved: one just believes what one
reads, and lives by it!
In short, those who choose to believe that a loveless and bloody process
like evolution was used by God to achieve His ends - then to be
pronounced, 'Very Good', by Him - are in error. The phenomena described
are intended to highlight this, and offer release through belief in the
Word of God.
3) Your upholding of the intellectual integrity of Darwinism:
No. I don't believe you've achieved that.
Your second and third communications major on Drosnin et al. I have only
a limited interest in these matters. As I said in 'The Other Bible
Code', I am prepared to believe the claims to be true - in which case
they would represent another avenue by which God is correcting man's
fertile imaginations in our day.
Vernon