Bible Code

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that Bible codes are words, phrases and clusters of words and phrases in various coded form in the text of the Bible, which some people, such as journalist Michael Drosnin, believe are meaningful and exist intentionally. The author points out that Michael Drosnin implies that society can decipher warnings, such as 9/11, from Bible codes by using a computer program; however, many scholars and critics feel that Drosnin does not present adequate evidence to support his claims. The paper concludes that the issue of hidden Bible codes shows a lack of respect for the Bible as the written word of God. The paper includes an annotated bibliography.

From the Paper:

"We all fear the unexpected, the unknown. If we discover the unknown, the outcomes of our lives change. It would mean that we would live our whole lives, waiting for the "unknown" to reveal itself. If humans today have the ability to decipher codes in the Bible, then it would mean that humans today would be "deciphering God's plan." I truly believe that we are not ready for that specific information concerning our lives or our futures. I do not think that God would give us a piece of His knowledge concerning His people until we have lived our lives the way God intended us to live it."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Jacobs, Alan "The Code Breakers" First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life. 165 (2006): 14-17
• Callahan, Tim "From Scripture to Space Oddity" Skeptic 10 (2003): 92-96
• Tanner, J. Paul "Decoding the Bible Code" Biblioteca Sacra 157 (2000): 141-159
• Taylor, Richard A. "The Bible code: teaching the wrong things" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43 (2000) 619-636
• Dembski, William A. "Cracking the Bible Code" First Things 85 (1998) 61-64

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