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Bible codes are various kinds of patterns identified in the subtext of the Bible which some [[Christians]] and [[Jews]] think were put there deliberately, for a purpose, by God or by the writers of the original texts.

Bible codes are various kinds of patterns identified in the subtext of the Bible which some [[Christians]] and [[Jews]] think were put there deliberately, for a purpose, by God or by the writers of the original texts.

All human languages have patterns, and, when put into written form, many of these patterns are easily noticed. But, among those who believe that at least some of the subtextual patterns in the Bible are unique to literature, there is the contention that one or more profound dynamics are uniquely involved in these patterns in the Bible. For example, there may be patterns of subtext which are unique to true prose records, and if so, then even more so of records of the origins of humanity, of its nations, and of God's own nation. On the conservative side, there is a wide acceptance of the idea that some of the subtext patterns in the Pentateuch were created by the original Hebrew scribes in order to help preserve the exactness to which the texts were copied, and to detect inferior copies that might be made by ignorant or nefarious persons. But, on the side of some ‘Bible Code’ zealots, there has been every manner of attempt to create a stir in favor of the idea that at least some of these patterns constitute a kind of high-tech mechanism for predicting any number of trivial and non-trivial future events.

All human languages have patterns, and, when put into written form, many of these patterns are easily noticed.

 

But, among those who believe that at least some of the subtextual patterns in the Bible are unique to literature, there is the contention that one or more profound dynamics are uniquely involved in these patterns in the Bible. For example, there may be patterns of subtext which are unique to true prose records, and if so, then even more so of records of the origins of humanity, of its nations, and of God's own nation.

 

On the conservative side, there is a wide acceptance of the idea that some of the subtext patterns in the Pentateuch were created by the original Hebrew scribes in order to help preserve the exactness to which the texts were copied, and to detect inferior copies that might be made by ignorant or nefarious persons.

 

On the side of some ‘Bible Code’ zealots, there has been every manner of attempt to create a stir in favor of the idea that at least some of these patterns constitute a kind of high-tech mechanism for predicting any number of trivial and non-trivial future events.

 

In any case, rare important patterns exist in any world in which telic agents exist, which means that for such a world never to contain 'amazing' coincidences, someone would have to rig (or otherwise control) that world in such a way as prevent these coincidences.

== Kinds of Bible codes ==

== Kinds of Bible codes ==