12-01-2004, 03:40 AM
November 30, 2004
Dear Dave:
Sorry I don't understand your reply. Maybe you can explain a simple example for me. On your website in the document "What is a Bible Code" you state:
"..an Equidistant Letter Sequence-ELS, (is) found using the computer program Codefinder 1.22." SO, NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS ARE MADE BY THIS PROGRAM TO DETECT A SEQUENCE THAT HAPPENS TO FIT A PRESCRIBED CHOSEN WORD OR SERIES OF WORDS BY USING EVERY POSSIBLE STARTING POINT AND SKIP NUMBER. THAT IS NOT AN A PRIORI HYPOTHESIS TEST.
"It skips letters, searching for a code; in this case I entered the words 'Jesus in a manger', in Hebrew." HOW MANY PHRASES DID YOU TRY BEFORE YOU FOUND ONE THAT WORKED? IF YOU TRIED MANY THAT FAILED BEFORE YOU FOUND ONE THAT WORKED, YOUR FINAL STATISTICS ARE INVALID.
"It searched for the term in The Peshitta New Testament, which uses the Hebrew alphabet in its Aramaic language- The native tongue of Jesus and His countrymen."
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO FIND A HEBREW PHRASE IN AN ARAMAIC DOCUMENT? ACTUALLY, THE HEBREW USES THE ARAMAIC ALPHABET RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
Codefinder 1.22 found the term, starting at 2 Peter 1:2, letter 13=lamed by skipping 18,474 letters to the left, 24 times, spelling out exactly what I have printed above. It goes to the end of Revelation and wraps around to Matthew and continues to Acts 27:10, letter 61, thus coveribng 96% of the New Testament."
SINCE THE PESHITTA DOES NOT CONTAIN EITHER 2PETER 1:2 OR REVELATION, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SEARCHING THE CORRECT TEXT.
THIS IS LIKE LOOKING FOR THE SURNAME OF A U.S. PRESIDENT IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. YOU CAN TRY EVERY NAME (THERE ARE MANY) AND EVERY COMBINATION OF STARTS, SKIPS, AND DIRECTION UNTIL YOU FIND ONE THAT WORKS AND FINDS IT MORE THAN ONCE. THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF UNIQUE LETTERS WITH A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE SEQUENCES SO THE RESULT IS OBVIOUSLY A RANDOM CURIOSITY NOT A FEDERAL CODE CODE.
Otto
Dear Dave:
Sorry I don't understand your reply. Maybe you can explain a simple example for me. On your website in the document "What is a Bible Code" you state:
"..an Equidistant Letter Sequence-ELS, (is) found using the computer program Codefinder 1.22." SO, NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS ARE MADE BY THIS PROGRAM TO DETECT A SEQUENCE THAT HAPPENS TO FIT A PRESCRIBED CHOSEN WORD OR SERIES OF WORDS BY USING EVERY POSSIBLE STARTING POINT AND SKIP NUMBER. THAT IS NOT AN A PRIORI HYPOTHESIS TEST.
"It skips letters, searching for a code; in this case I entered the words 'Jesus in a manger', in Hebrew." HOW MANY PHRASES DID YOU TRY BEFORE YOU FOUND ONE THAT WORKED? IF YOU TRIED MANY THAT FAILED BEFORE YOU FOUND ONE THAT WORKED, YOUR FINAL STATISTICS ARE INVALID.
"It searched for the term in The Peshitta New Testament, which uses the Hebrew alphabet in its Aramaic language- The native tongue of Jesus and His countrymen."
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO FIND A HEBREW PHRASE IN AN ARAMAIC DOCUMENT? ACTUALLY, THE HEBREW USES THE ARAMAIC ALPHABET RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
Codefinder 1.22 found the term, starting at 2 Peter 1:2, letter 13=lamed by skipping 18,474 letters to the left, 24 times, spelling out exactly what I have printed above. It goes to the end of Revelation and wraps around to Matthew and continues to Acts 27:10, letter 61, thus coveribng 96% of the New Testament."
SINCE THE PESHITTA DOES NOT CONTAIN EITHER 2PETER 1:2 OR REVELATION, YOU ARE NOT REALLY SEARCHING THE CORRECT TEXT.
THIS IS LIKE LOOKING FOR THE SURNAME OF A U.S. PRESIDENT IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. YOU CAN TRY EVERY NAME (THERE ARE MANY) AND EVERY COMBINATION OF STARTS, SKIPS, AND DIRECTION UNTIL YOU FIND ONE THAT WORKS AND FINDS IT MORE THAN ONCE. THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF UNIQUE LETTERS WITH A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE SEQUENCES SO THE RESULT IS OBVIOUSLY A RANDOM CURIOSITY NOT A FEDERAL CODE CODE.
Otto