Re:Bill's flood and acidic waters

Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Sat, 01 Aug 1998 17:40:54 -0500

Hi Vernon,

I was impressed by the numeralogy but not as it relates to supposed divine
interaction. Numeralogy is one of the worst ways to prove God and
inspriation that I know of. It assumes that God was trying to communicate
to us mathematically and I don't see that stated anywhere in Scripture. In
fact, since it takes 'the wise' to understand the 'message' and God
specifically denigrates the pride of the wise, I would say that it is
unlikely that God would choose this medium for communication.

And since I believe that it is wrong to add to the requirements of
Scripture, I find it wrong to attempt what you are doing. God didn't claim
numeralogy as his calling card. If he had indicated this in the Scripture,
then you might have a case, but as it is, you are merely saying things
about God that are not revealed to us in Scripture. To me, that is a
dangerous exercise.

A case in point. I don't beleive that the translators of the Scripture were
infallible or divinely inspired. They and their work attempted to
translate the Holy Scriptures into King James English. As we know, they
made many mistakes. But if numeralogy is to be our guide, they were super
humans. Or, it might be that they conspired to have this coincidence by
careful writing. How can we tell?

Take the 1st 3 verses of Genesis 1. I quote Martin Gardner

Select any of the 10 words in the first verse:' in the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth.' Count the number of letters in the
chosen word and call this number x. Then gop to the word that is x words
ahead. (For example, if you picked 'in,' go to 'beginning.') Now count the
number of letters in this word--call it n--then jump ahead another n words.
Continue in this manner until your chain of words enters the third verse
of Genesis."
"On what word does your count end? is the answer happenstance or part of
a divine plan?" Scientific American August, 1998, p. 68.

The chain always ends on the word 'God.'

But you can do that with lots of books where chain ends up with the same
word somewhere along the way and after that, all words are the same and you
can stop the chain on whatever word you want.

glenn

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