From: Howard J. Van Till (hvantill@chartermi.net)
Date: Tue Nov 04 2003 - 20:52:24 EST
Once again some members of this list are claiming to have discovered
marvelous and significant patterns (symmetries, wheels, numero-geometrical
structures, etc) in the biblical text. More specifically, these patterns are
hailed as patterns that are embedded in the text itself, just waiting to be
discovered.
So, are these patterns actually "embedded" in (located within) the biblical
text, and were they in fact "discovered" by persons on this list?
I'm inclined to say: Yes, these patterns are really there. These patterns
are embedded in the biblical text in the same way that the Pieta was
embedded in the slab of marble from which Michaelangelo painstakingly carved
it.
In either case, whether one's goal is to find interesting numerical patterns
in a text, or meaningful shapes in a slab of marble, if you chip away long
enough, you will find what you are looking for. Furthermore, in both cases
the final product is the outcome of human artisanship and persistence --
something to be admired, perhaps, but not, in my judgment, evidence of
special divine action.
Howard Van Till
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