I read Drosnin's book in the late 90's after seeing him on Oprah. I figured that if it was good enough to be on Oprah... {graphic tongue}
Verne, You have an odd way of making a point.
"If you want to have an informed opinon, at least read the book before getting your underwear in twists...
Smiley"
Why worry about the condition of my underwear? {graphic smiley} Actually, they did ride a little high when I thought that maybe you thought that Drosnin's book was a good one! Accurate in theory and application???{graphic huh}
"p.s Rips is no fool. He understands what it takes to maintain credibilty in the scientific community and has chosen his words very carefully."
I don't know, he still could be a fool. Just not enough information...{graphic undecided}
My question is what great new revelation is the use of ELS?
"It is all in way quite amusing doncha think?
Smiley"
As if any of this really mattered to our faith..he he
Smiley
If that is your point, I quite agree. As you stated, it is of no use in theology and doctrine and certainly not in prophesy or escatology. But amusing, it is. Unfortunately, those like Lindsey and Jeffries have gotten a hold of the concept and have come up withh some bizarre claims...this bring shame to the Name. Even people like Michael Douglas and Jason Alexander give seminars on ELS...{graphic huh} Can't remember where I read that, If I find the source, I'll post it.
I'm confused as to whether this is about numerology or ELS? I believe that these are different topics. I did find some of the sevens in the geneology of Matthew 1 to be interesting. I of course, checked out the easiest one...total names and discovered something unrelated but very interesting. In verse 6:
Matthew 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
The phrase "her that had been the wife of" is an English word inserted for clarification. We know that this was Bethsheba but the translators did not translate it to her name. The only translation that I have access to, which translates it to Bethsheba is the NASB. I believe that the NIV did also. If you translate it to her name, it blows the whole "divisible by seven" pattern. Anyone can see that this of course is conclusive evidence for the deciept and deception of the NASB and NIV translators! {graphic wink}
Also interesting is the inclusion of Pherez's twin, Zara.
It does intrigue me as to why they didn't translate that text to her
As for the Rabin prophesy...The Israeli Prime Minister who was planning to give land back to Palestine is assassinated by a radical (maybe not the best choice of words??)...Man , who could have seen that coming?
{graphic angry} hope this is readable as the way it is reading back to me is all screwed up!
I find this amusing...
"Some critics of Drosnin say the journalist is just "data mining." Mathematician Brendan McKay of Australian National University and his colleagues searched
Hebrew texts besides the Bible. They found fifty-nine words related to Chanukah in the Hebrew translation of War and Peace. But McKay doesn't think someone
engineered this remarkable feat for his or anyone's benefit. Since then, McKay has responded to the following challenge Drosnin made in Newsweek:
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"When my critics find a message about the assassination of a prime minister encrypted in Moby Dick, I'll believe them" (Begley 1997).
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McKay found assassination "predictions" in Moby Dick for Indira Gandhi, Rene Moawad, Leon Trotsky, Rev. M. L. King, and Robert F. Kennedy (see
http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/dilugim/moby.html).
--Tony
P.S. I notice that with the new software, I can actually tell when someone is using a smiley or other expression graphic. I included my own *expressions* within {} as that is exactly how the smiley's etc. are spoken to me. Again, I hope this is readable.
