Re: [asa] The Challenge (was Advice for conversing with YECs)

On 11/6/08, Vernon Jenkins <vernon.jenkins@virgin.net> wrote (in part:

"Here is what I have written in the introduction to this persuasive piece:

" The triangle-based structure of the Bible's eight opening Hebrew
words ... has hitherto largely involved a consideration of the sums of
unbroken sequences of their characteristic values (CVs) - these latter
determined by the scheme of alphabetic numeration instituted circa 200
BC into Jewish society... In this page attention is switched to the
differences of these same CVs. As we shall find, they too reveal
triangularity, but of a kind that - though completely independent of
the former - is no less remarkable, being essentially based upon a
rare event, viz. two positive integers, one the double of the other,
both triangles. At the same time we shall examine afresh the
extraordinary relationships that exist between these triangles, the
Hebrew words from which they derive, and the metric dimensions of an
abundant modern artefact - the A4 sheet of cut paper. Further, we
shall attempt to assign a probability to this train of coincidences."

Vernon -- I understand that you see something very significant in the
above. You must also understand that to many of us -- perhaps all of
us -- there is no "there" there. Just numerical coincidences. The
tying of it to A4 paper is seen as simply silly.

Having said this, let me for a moment cast aside my incredulity and
accept your claims above to be true. That makes them interesting, and
possibly of some limited evengelistic use to professors of
mathematics. But because they are so far removed from understanding,
they are probably of more use in evangelizing the mathematically
challenged. Or those who still beliee in spooks, faries and
horoscopes.

Going on -- given your very peculiar claims are true, they have NO
evidentiary/apologetic use in defending the YEC view, attaching the
science of evolution, etc.

Cheers

Burgy

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Received on Fri Nov 7 11:54:17 2008