Anyone ever read.......

[luckywife]

The Bible Code/Bible Code 2? I watched an episode of Unsolved Mysteries a few weeks ago when they featured a story about these books. My curiosity got the better of me so I went to the library and checked them out. I found them to be very interesting but DH thinks there's no truth to them at all.

I know this can be a touchy subject sometimes. I don't want this to be a debate. I just wondered, for those of you who have read the books, what you thought of them.

 

[DoeWDW]

Never read them, but you've piqued my curiosity. What are they about?

 

[luckywife]

The Bible Code was discovered by a mathematician who found words embedded in the text of the Hebrew Bible. The books were written by Michael Drosnin. I just found it interesting to read. It definitely gave me something to think about, real or fake.

 

[Tinks]

I find it fascinating. It is based on the idea that Hebrew isn't just a language, it is coming directly from God and therefore an extension of Him. The researchers run matrixes through the Hebrew text Bible and have supposedly found predicitons....everything from Hitler to Osama to anything! Some other researchers, of course, debunk this and say they have run matrixes through Moby Dick and found predictions. Who knows? but it is interesting anyway.

 

[luckywife]

Yes, exactlyTinks. It's very interesting to think "what if?" When I read the books, the first one especially, it gave me chills.

I knew they tried to find hidden codes in War and Peace but hadn't heard (or I forgot) that they tried it with Moby Dick.