Re: Numerics

Gentlemen,

Following the discussion initiated by Randy in early June, a matter of major significance has recently come to my attention. It concerns what Iain spoke about at the time, viz

"I would like to point out that having taken the time to look into Vernon's work on the numerics, it is my opinion that there is much more to it than either Glenn's parody, or much of Panin's work. No-one so far has responded to Vernon's comment about coordinated geometries. This is far more difficult IMO to write off as coincidence than the accumulation of many multiples of 7 (or 5 in Glenn's case). I realise that this may not be most peoples' cup of tea, and I have spent some time myself looking into it before coming to my conclusions. I think there may be principled scientific ways of explaining it (possibly using Kolmogorov complexity theory), but I can't give a definitive statement as yet."

Well, Kolmogorov or not, our familiar world of denary numeration presents us with an interesting and unique phenomenon, viz that all 5 terms of the visually-arresting sequence {6, 6.6, 66, 6.6.6, 666} are numbers possessing a marked geometrical presence; further, that they map onto significant features of the Judeo-Christian Scriptures. The details may be found here:

                                    http://homepage.virgin.net/tgvernon.jenkins/Balancing_Books.htm

Subsequently, Glenn wrote,

"If you (Iain) as a mathematician, whom I respect and trust, tell me that the geometries are something interesting, then why should one automatically reject what Vernon is saying and go with a naturalistic explanation? Should our first reactions to these sorts of things always be that God can't possibly do anything miraculous and then rule that out by fiat? My discussion of design on this list a week ago was basically aimed at the concept that too many here believe that God can't engage in miracles and that God can't possibly affect the physical world and leave evidence of design. To me, what you write is an example of automatically rejecting any divine influence on the physical world. But, on the other hand, I am not going to accept just any evidence for design. I do not see biology as evidence of design like the ID folks do, and I don't see numerology as evidence of design like Vernon does. But, these geometries you speak of, might be interesting. But one needs to be sure that this isn't something that can be easily explained."

Glenn, believe me, these geometries are indeed very interesting, can't be easily explained, and are worthy of the closest study! They take us beyond numerology and speak clearly of divine intervention in our world. IMO all the questions you have put to this forum in recent weeks are effectively answered by the Watermarked Word that God has graciously provided for a time such as this.

Vernon
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Received on Sat Jul 2 18:13:46 2005