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'TheBibleCode'RobertC.NewmanAbstractsofPowerpointTalks--TheBibleCodeInrecentyears,severalIsraelirabbis&mathematicianshavebeeninvestigatingtheideathattheBibleinHebrewcontains'codewords'hiddeninitstext.Thesecodedwordsareclaimedto:ValidatetheBible'sdivineauthorship,Confirmtherabbinicunderstandingofit,Giveusinformationaboutthefuture,especiallyaboutIsrael&theendoftheage.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--TheBibleCode RecentlysomeofthismaterialhasbeenpublishedforlayreadersbyMichaelDrosnininhisbookTheBibleCode.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Whatisthe'Code'?UsingcomputerstosearchtheHebrewtext,theinvestigatorslookforhiddenwordsthatarespelledbylettersspacedatequaldistancesinthetext.Insomecases,thelettersareadjacent.Inothers,theyaremanylettersapart.Insome,theyarethousandsoflettersapartAbstractsofPowerpointTalks--AnExampleDrosninfindsthenameofformerIsraeliPrimeMinisterYitzhakRabin:Incloseproximityisthephrase"assassinwillassassinate"!AlsotheyearRabinwaskilled&theassassin'sname!Inspiteofthisimpressivesuccess,someofDrosnin's'finds'arepredictionsthathavefailed.…particularlythosethatheannouncesbeforetheyhappen!…liketheassassinationofIsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahu.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Whatarewetomakeofit?Theproposed'BibleCode,'liketheclaimthattheGospelmessageisdisplayedinthestars,isattractivetomanyBiblebelievers.Obviously,GodiscapableofdoingsomethingofthissortshouldHechooseto.Thequestionis,dowehaveanygoodevidencethatGodhaschosentodoso?That'swhatwewishtoexaminehere.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--BiblicalProblemsfortheBibleCodeAbstractsofPowerpointTalks--BiblicalProblemsTherearegoodbiblicalreasonsforthinkingthisisnotGod'swork.FailedpredictionsOnlyshortwordsorphrasesLet'shavealookatthese.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--FailedPredictionsTheBibledoesnotmakemuchprovisionfortrueprophecythatdoesn'tcometrue.Deut18indicatesfailedprophecyisamarkoffalseprophets.Thisischaracteristicofbiblicalteachingelsewhere:1Kings22,Isaiah42-46,Jeremiah28.ThebookofJonahdoesallowthatadisasterprophecymightbepostponedifthepeoplerepent.Presumablythesamemighthappenwithaprophecyofblessingiftherecipientsbecamearrogant.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--FailedPredictionsIwouldnotwanttomakeanylargeuseofthissortofqualificationgiventheBible'semphasison:God'sforeknowledgeGod'scontrolofhistoryFulfilledprophecyasevidenceofGodatworkInanycase,theBibleCodefailedinitspredictionoftheassassinationofBenjaminNetanyahu,andthereisnoevidenceofhisrepentance.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--OnlyShortWordsorPhrasesThehiddenmessagesofTheBibleCodearevirtuallysinglewordsorshortphrases.Thesearenaturallyratherambiguous.Thereisnocontexttohelpusunderstandwhattheyareabout.Thisisnottypicalofbiblicalprophecies,whicharerarelyshort,andgenerallygiveninbothaliterary&historicalcontext.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ShortWordsorPhrasesAseriousproblem:Howdoweknowwe'vefoundallthewordsnecessarytounderstandtheprophecy?WhensomeofTheBibleCodepropheciesdidnotcometrue,Drosninfoundtheword'delayed'inthevicinityofsomeofthem!Whatgoodisprophecyforwarningorguidanceifwelaterfindtheword'not'nearby?Thisresemblestheworkofastrologers&modern-dayoccultprophets,ratherthantheGodoftheBible.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--AnAlternativeExplanationButifthisisnotGod'swork,whoseisit?Neitherhumansnorangels(goodorbad)cantellthefuturewithconsistentaccuracy.Thereisnoreasontothinkthebiblicaltexthasbeenmodifiedsincefirstwritten.IsuggestthattheBibleCodephenomenaarejustacombinationofchance&humanmanipulation.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Chance&HumanManipulation?AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--HumanManipulation?IamnotclaimingthatDrosninetalhavechangedthebiblicaltexttomakeitwork.Rathertheyfoundtheprimarycode-word(usuallydisplayedverticallyontheirdiagrams)andthesecondarypropheticcode-wordsbysearchingthetextusingvariousfixedspacingsbetweenletters.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--HumanManipulation?Withalongenoughtextandnottoolongasearchword,oneisboundtofindnearlyanycode-wordsuggested(orsomesuitableabbreviationorsynonym).Aroundtheprimecode-worda'context'isdisplayed,some700-1500characters.Thisisnotalwaystherealcontext,though.Eachlinemaybe100sor1000soflettersawayfromthelineaboveorbelow.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--HumanManipulation?Sothequestionis:Canwefindsomewordorwordshiddeninthisarrayof700-1500characterswhichseemtorelatetotheprimewordinsomepredictiveway,evenwithoutsupernaturalintervention?Ibelievewecan,byacombinationofchanceandmanipulation.Let'slookatthechancesfirst.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Chance?AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Chance? Thechanceoffindingthesecode-wordsisenormouslyincreasedbyseveraltechniquesemployedinTheBibleCode.Removespacingbetweenwords.RemovethevowelssuppliedintheHebrewtext.RecallthatancientHebrewusedallofitslettersinitsnumbersystem.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ForusHebrew-challengedtypesNotbeingfluentinancientormodernHebrewputsusataseriousdisadvantage.Wehavenoideawhatelsethelettersmayspell.Solet’strytodothesamethingwithatextinEnglish:DeclarationofIndependenceUSConstitutionGettysburgAddressSomethingfromShakespeareAbstractsofPowerpointTalks--OurTestWechoseLincoln'sGettysburgAddress.Weremovedallspaces,punctuation,andvowels,andmadeallletterscaps.Theresultanttexthas:Analphabetof21lettersAlengthofalmostexactly700charactersAbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProgramDECODEAfterafewhourssearchingthetextvisually,Iwroteaprogramtodothehardworkautomatically.Theprogramreadsinwhatevertextweareaskingittosearch,thenitasksustosupplyasearchword.Theprogramsearchesthewholetextforalloccurrencesofthesearchwordatallpossiblespacings,andreportstheresults.Tosearchforthewordspelledbackwards,thesearchwordisenteredinreverse.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--GettysburgAddressFRSCRNDSVNYRSGRFTHRSBRGHTFRTHNTHSCNTNNTNWNTNCNCVDNLBRTYNDDDCTDTTHP

RPSTNTHTLLMNRCRTDQLNWWRNGGDNGRTCVLWRTSTNGWHTHRTHTNTNRNYNTNSCNCVDNDSDDCTDCNLNGNDRWRMTNGRTBTTLFLDFTHTWRWHVCMTDDCTPRTNFTHTFLDSFNLRSTNGPLCFRTHSWHHRGVTHRLVSTHTTHTNTNMGHTLVTSLTGTHRFTTNGNDPRPRTHTWSHLDDTHSBTNLRGRSNSWCNNTDDCTWCNNTCNSCRTWCNNTHLLWTHSGRNDTHBRVMNLVNGNDDDWHSTRGGLDHRHVCNSCRTDTFRBVRPRPWRTDDRDTRCTTHWRLDWLLLTTLNTNRLNGRMMBRWHTWSYHRBTTCNNVRFRGTWHTTHYDDHRTSFRSTHLVNGRTHRTBDDCTDHRTTHNFNSHDWRKWHCHTHYWHFGHTHRHVTHSFRSNBLYDVNCDTSRTHRFRSTBHRDDCTDTTHGRTTSKRMNNGBFRSTHTFRMTHSHNRDDDWTKNCRSDDVTNTTHTCSFRWHCHTHYGVTHLSTFLLMSRFDVTNTHTWHRHGHLYRSLVTHTTHSDDSHLLNTHVDDNVNTHTTHSNTNNDRGDSHLLHVNWBRTHFFRDMNDTHTGVRNMNTFTHPPLBYTHPPLFRTHPPLSHLLNTPRSHFRMTHRTHLinelengthof66lettersLincolnspelledphoneticallyAboveLincolnareCivilWarandBattlefieldBothtoL&RofLincolnisGenRLeeBelowtheRLeeisGenGMeadeLowerRightAbrahamAbstractsofPowerpointTalks--GettysburgAddressNaturally,allarespelledwithoutvowels!LNCN,CVLWR,BTTLFLD,GNRL,GMD,BRHMThetwolongestwordsCVLWR(5letters)andBTTLFLD(7letters)areactuallyapartofLincoln’sspeech,notcode,sotheirappearanceisnotparticularlysurprising.ThesamecanbesaidforDrosnin's"assassinthatwillassassinate"inDeut4:42,partofaregulationforfleeingtoacityofrefugebya"killerthathaskilled."AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--GettysburgAddressIwasdisappointednottobeabletofindtheexactspellingof"Lincoln"(LNCLN)inourtext,butthiswasduetotheshortnessofthetext.TheBibleCodefacesnosuchproblem,havingthewholetextoftheHebrewBible(i.e.,OldTestament)tosearch.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProbabilitiesItisimportantwethinkthroughtheprobabilitiesorexpectationsinvolvedinwhatwehavefoundinoursearchoftheGettysburgAddress.Witha21-letteralphabetanda700-lettertext,then(ignoringthefactthatthelettersoccurwithdifferentfrequencies),thechanceaparticularletterwilloccuris700/21=33Weshouldexpectabout33occurrencesofagivenletterinourtext,onaverage.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProbabilitiesFora2-lettersearchword,eitherlettercanoccurineitherorderatanyspacing,sotheprobabilityisabout33x33=1089.Forsearchwordsof3lettersormore,therulethatthecode-wordsappearwithequidistantspacingmakesmatchesmuchrarer.The3rdlettermustbeexactlythesamedistancefromthe2ndasthe2ndfromthe1st.N=1089/21=52.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProbabilitiesFora4-lettersearchword,theresultisdividedby21again=~2.5Ingeneral,theprobability(orexpectednumber)NofoccurrencesofasearchwordoflengthninatextTusinganalphabetofAlettersis:Nn=T2/An,wheren=2ormore.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProbabilitiesforHebrewBibleNowlet’sapplythesamereasoningtotheHebrewalphabetof22letters:Word-Length Numberin700lettertext1 322 10103 464 25 .0956 4.3x10-37 2.0x10-48 8.9x10-6AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProbabilitiesforHebrewBibleOurEnglishtextoftheGettysburgAddresshad700letters.ItturnsoutthatisagoodestimateforthenumberoflettersperpageinaHebrewBibleIhavewhichhasvirtuallynofootnotes.InthisBible,Genesistakesup84pages,thePentateuch335pages,andthewholeOldTestament1360pages.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProbabilitiesforHebrewBibleSincethenumberofexpectedmatchesof2-letterandlongercombinationsincreaseswiththesquareofthetextlength,acalculationofthenumberofpagessquaredwillalsobehelpful.Section PagesLettersPagesSquaredGenesis 84 58,800 7056Pentateuch335 234,500 1.12x10+5OldTest 1360 952,000 1.85x10+6AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProbabilitiesforHebrewBibleFromapreviouspanel,wesawthattheexpectedmatchesfora7-letterword(per700-letterpage)was2x10-4.ThesquaredlengthofGenesisisabout7x10+3.Sothechanceoffindingagiven7-letterwordinGenesisisthetwomultipliedtogether,or1.4.Thusweshouldtypicallyfind7-lettermatchesinGenesis.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProbabilitiesforHebrewBibleFor8-lettermatches,wewouldprobablyneedthePentateuchtosearch,oreventhewholeOldTestament.Indeed,Drosninnotesthatthe8-lettercombinationforYitzhaqRabinoccursonlyonceinthewholeHebrewBible,aboutwhatwewouldexpect.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ProbabilitiesforContextOncewehavefoundourlong"primecodeword"(ofsay6to8letters)tobedisplayed,whatsizecodewordscanweexpecttofindinitsvicinity?Ifwehaveacontextof700letters,thenourtypicalclusterwordswillhave4lettersorless.Ifourcontextis1400letters,thenthechanceofanyparticularcombinationappearingwillbefourtimeslarger.Ingeneral,wecanfindtheminimumtextlengthinwhichtoexpecttocommonlyfindwordsoflengthnbysolvingourequationforTwithN=1,A=22.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--TextNeededforSearchWordWord-Length TextLength3 1034 4845 22706 10,6787 49,9438 234,2569 1,098,758AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--GettysburgAddressNotice,inourexample,mostofthecodewordswedisplayedwerefourlettersinlength(LNCN,GNRL,BRHM),thelargestsortsofwordsonewouldfindinatextoflength700.Wecouldhaveshownmanymore3-letterwords,butweonlychosetodisplayGMD.Wewillcomebacktothislaterwhenwediscusshumanmanipulation.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--GettysburgAddressWedid,however,findtwoevenlongerwords(CVLWRandBTTLFLD).Ingeneral,onecanexpecttofindsomelongerwords;perhapsfor5-lettersearchwords,onein8willbesuccessful.Butbothourlongerwordscamefromtheregular(uncoded)text.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--GettysburgAddressThisishowDrosningets"assassinwhowillassassinate"(11letters)fromthetextofDeut4:2.Ofcoursewecanexpecttogetlong,meaningfulphrasesfromtheregulartext!WecouldhaveexpandedourBTTLFLDtoGRTBTTLFLDFTHTWR(16letters)!AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Drosnin'sResultsIfwegothroughtheexamplesfoundbyDrosnininhisBibleCode,wecantabulatehisbestresultsbywordorphraselength.Wefindthathelocatesnine8-lettercombinations,six9-letter,andoneeachof10,11,12,and13letters.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Drosnin'sResults8-letterAtomicArtillerymanCommunismEconomicCollapseLibyanArtilleryOklahomaShoemaker-Levy25July1996WorldWarYitzaqRabin9-letterEinsteinHisNameisTimothyHolocaustofIsraelMurrahBuildingTheNextWarPrimeMinisterNetanyahuAbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Drosnin'sResults10-letterAtomicHolocaust11-letterPresidentKennedytoDie12-letterCaptivityofToledano13-letterArmageddonAsadHolocaustAbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Drosnin'sResultsWewouldexpect,giventhelengthoftheOldTestament,thatonecouldfindvirtuallyany8-letterworddesired,oratleastsomesynonym.Isshouldalsocontainlotsof9-letterwordsThetextoftheOTis952,000lettersThisisover90%ofthelengthneededfor9-letterwordstobeverycommon.10-letterandlongerwordsorphraseswouldbemuchrarer,buttherearealsomanymoresuchwordcombinations.Withenoughsearching,someareboundtoturnup.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--AProblemAtthispoint,itispossibletoseearealproblemwiththeideathatthis"BibleCode"istheworkofGodorevenaverycleverhumanauthor.Suchanauthorconstructingatextfromscratchoughttobeabletoinsertameaningfulcodedtextofnearlyanylength.Tryityourself!AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--MyAttemptatCodeManythatcoverastorywiththemediawilladmitthattheylikespin.Goodtalesattimeslendarealwalloptomakingamoral.Aboutthissametimeitseemsafearfulshameeasiereventscanneverjustworkthatway.Asweshowwhatthetaleisabout,we'llbenddetailstosetthestoryinthatworldwewantto.Here'smytext:ThisconcealsthefirsttwolinesofMaryhadalittlelamb…(41letters)ataspacingof6inaplaintextof246letters,withonlyabouttwohourswork.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--AProblemYetinTheBibleCodethelongestcodedwordsorphrases(notcountingregulartextorthesamewiththewordsredivided)are"CaptivityofToledano"(12letters)and"ArmageddonAsadHolocaust"(13).Gettinglongwordsintheregulartextischild’splay.Drosnin’slongestexamplesare:"toshutupthewords&sealthebooktilltheend"(24lettersstraightoutofDaniel12)"thewritingofGodengravedonthetablets"(21lettersrightoutofExodus32).AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ConclusiononChanceItseemslikeatextthelengthoftheBiblewillsupplyvirtuallyany8-letterwordyouwishintheformofcode,many9-lettercombinations,longstretchesofregulartext,andafewlongercodedwords.ThusthephenomenaofTheBibleCodedonotappeartobeoutoftherangeofchance.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--HumanManipulation?AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Manipulation?ThepresentationsbyDrosninandcompany,however,arenotfullyexplainedbychance.Theyarealsoexcellentillustrationsofintelligentdesignatwork,namelythedesigningintelligencesofthesemen!AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ManipulationComparingtwoofthetablesabove,weseethatfortheOT(952,000letters)oreventhePentateuch(234,500letters),findingcodewordsof8letterswillnotbedifficult.Shorterwordswillbemorecommon:7-letterwordsorphrases22xmorecommon6-letter(22)2=484x5-letter(22)3=10,648xAbstractsofPowerpointTalks--ManipulationItshouldnotbesurprisingthat,byastuteselectionofdata,aninvestigatorshouldbeabletoassembleaconstellationofthesephrasesthatarestriking"fulfillments"regardingpersonsoreventsinthepast.Forpersonsoreventsinthefuture,though,theresultswillbenobetterthananyotherhumanprognosticator,sincethemanipulatordoesn’tknowthefuture.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--Drosnin’sDilemmaGodAlmightywouldbenecessarytogetallthestuffrightDrosninfinds…ifitwasputtherecenturiesago!GodwouldnotmakeallthemistakesthatturnupwhenDrosnindecodesthefuture!AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--"Prediction"inthe

GettysburgAddressInourpreviousexaminationofLincoln’sspeech,wedisplayednoprophecy.ButsupposewedoasearchonBooth(BTH)andGrant(GRNT).Using1ofthe10matchesforGRNT,3ofthe63forBTH,andanotherofthe4matchesfoundforLNCN(andNCNL),wegetthefollowingpicture.AbstractsofPowerpointTalks--GettysburgAddress

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