I don't mind that he's stared at the Bible so long that he has seen hidden messages in it - as a godless heathen this is none of my business. But when he claims to have some Mathematics to back up this assertion, that's when I get interested.
Although, when you actually look at his reasoning, it isn't anything like Mathematics at all - more a kind of painting with numbers.
The argument runs like this :-
(1) The bible contains words about judgement day that can be substituted by numbers :-
Atonement = 5
Completeness =10
Heaven= 17 (no, really - Heaven 17 !)
(2) Therefore obviously (5 x 10 x 17) squared is a special number - 722,500.
(3) The bible contains more words about judgement day that can be substituted by numbers :-
Those who are to bring the Gospel = 2
Wrath = 23
Judgement = 43
(4) 2 x 23 x 43 =1978
(6) Christ was crucified on April 1st in the year 33
(7) Therefore judgement day will be in 2011
But which day ?
(8) Let's convert that 1988 (solar) years into days using the conversion factor 365.2422
1988 x 365.2422 = 722,449 (and a bit left over that we'll ignore)
(9) Whoa, Nelly ! Stop the bus !! That's just 51 short of the special number 722,500 we derived in point (2)
(10) So judgement day will be 51 days after the crucifixion date of April 1st - i.e. MAY 21st
Q.E.D or Amen - it even fits in with another of his theories that the end would be 7,000 years after the Great Flood, which was obviously in 4990 BC
Hard to know where to start with this - a few questions spring to mind
- Why those numbers for the first set of words ?
- Why multiply them ?
- Why square them ?
- Why those numbers for the second set of words ?
- Why multiply them ?
- Why NOT square them too ?
- Why solar years ? Surely your God works off the lunar calendar (hint: Easter)
It's all a bit messy too - bits of days left over - a totally meaningless 51 days.
You'd expect more from The Creator.
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