From: richard@biblewheel.com
Date: Wed Nov 05 2003 - 02:32:31 EST
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be
seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of
hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Zechariah 3.9
Howard has introduced an analogy designed to explain the existence of the
numero-geometric structures that have been discovered in the Holy Bible. He
presents the Bible as analogous to a block of stone sufficiently void of
internal structure as to leave the sculptor free to create any shape bounded
by the surface of the stone, be it Mickey Mouse or the Pieta. The result
depends only on what material is chosen to be removed from the initial
stone.
Lets try to apply this analogy to the Bible Wheel.
What then corresponds to the initial block of stone?
What did I chip away?
I must admit that I can not find any correspondence between the Bible Wheel
and this analogy. In truth, the Bible Wheel is nothing but a two-dimensional
representation of the Holy Bible. I did nothing but display the 66 books on
a circular grid. No chipping. No force fitting. Little children can see
that. So I must conclude Howard did not have the Bible Wheel in mind when he
wrote this analogy. Of course, I could be wrong and I welcome any correction
so we can all rejoice together as we approach the Truth.
So if Howard was not speaking of the Bible Wheel, perhaps he was speaking of
the supernatural structure of Genesis 1.1 that Vernon and I discovered
completely independently of each other.
Oooops ... That doesn't work too well with the analogy. What are the chances
that two sculptors who never met and who live on separate continents would
choose to carve mathematically identical sculptures from a blank block of
stone? The true answer is, of course, mathematically zero.
Yet lets ignore this fatal flaw and push the analogy for all it is worth.
What then corresponds to the initial block of stone?
What did we chip away?
The supernatural structure of Genesis 1.1 involves every letter of the
verse. Nothing was removed. The structure is mathematically reiterative,
based on two geometrically linked prime hexagon/star pairs. To anyone with
mathematical eyes, the divine origin of this structure shines as brightly as
the tri-radiant cruciform halo radiating from the sevenfold symmetric
perfection of the Bible Wheel.
Howard's analogy explains nothing concerning the discoveries Vernon and I
have shared on this list.
Richard Amiel McGough
Discover the sevenfold symmetric perfection of the Holy Bible at
http://www.BibleWheel.com
PS: The sevenfold symmetry of the Bible Wheel is rather interesting if we
identify it with the stone God engraved with seven eyes in Zechariah 3.9.
And it certainly does make striking halo for Christ, whose name is called
the Word of God. Here's a link for those who would like to see the icon of
Christ Pantocrator integrated with the Bible Wheel:
http://www.BibleWheel.com/Topics/Art_Wheel.asp
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard J. Van Till" <hvantill@chartermi.net>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:52 PM
Subject: Embedded patterns (was "The Iota Subscript")
> 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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