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IamJoseph · 03-15-2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DCHindley

Are you refering to "gematria"? For others reading and scratching the head, this is not "bible code" talk so much as a theory popularized about a century ago by Ivan Panin (1855-1942), and other work on biblical numerology by Ethelbert W Bullinger (1837-1913, Numbers in Scripture, 1894).

Gematria is 1000s of years old, introduced by Hebrews of their texts interpretations. If a word has indecisive meanings in its verse, it is inter-related with a word elsewhere which has a commonality inclusion. Here, even the numerical value of two different words being equavalent can be used. It is also subject to gross manipulation - as with the so-called Da Vinci codes and bible codes.

IamJoseph · 03-15-2009, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by IamJoseph

Voltaire is 18th Century, by which time 1500 years of the church deeds happened.

i know of nothing more blatant, or without motive and precedence. The Hebrew bible or anything concerning Jews, Judaism, Israel, Zionists, etc should not be judged by christians and muslims - you end up with wrong sub-totals and sum-totals. The problem is it is almost impossible to have an alternative, arms length. The UN is in the bag.

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