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So, imagine that the most important root text in the cosmos (Genesis) is like the most complex and powerful machine, such that, if every pivotal part were not made to the finest tolerances, then the machine would simply break down when submitted to the vagaries of human opinion. Imagine, further, that the means by which this machine is so well made is by the social, political, and linguistic dynamics of cosmological truth as wielded by human sincerity, and that sincerity passed down, with all due deliberation, by a true patriarch to that whom he identifies as most suited to the task.

So, imagine that the most important root text in the cosmos (Genesis) is like the most complex and powerful machine, such that, if every pivotal part were not made to the finest tolerances, then the machine would simply break down when submitted to the vagaries of human opinion. Imagine, further, that the means by which this machine is so well made is by the social, political, and linguistic dynamics of cosmological truth as wielded by human sincerity, and that sincerity passed down, with all due deliberation, by a true patriarch to that whom he identifies as most suited to the task.

If such a text naturally contains subtextual patterns which are unique to, and most compelling of, all those in all of literature, then there need be no authentication codes deliberately crafted into the text in order for such a text to contain authentication codes. Ho hum. All that is needed to authenticate supposed copies of the original is first to determine the original (a process which may include determining the patterns that ought to exist in the original). But, a true copy of an original cannot be determined without directly ascertaining that the copy has every word and phrase the same. So, an authentication code would not itself serve the purpose of authentication, but would only serve to screen for candidates of authenticity.

If such a text naturally contains subtextual patterns which are unique to, and most compelling of, all those in all of literature, then there need be no authentication codes deliberately crafted into the text in order for such a text to contain authentication codes. Ho hum. All that is needed to authenticate supposed copies of the original is first to determine the original (a process which may include determining the patterns that ought to exist in the original). But, a true copy of an original cannot be determined without directly ascertaining that every word and phrase in the copy is the same as the original. So, an authentication code would not itself serve the purpose of authentication, but would serve only to screen for candidates of authenticity.

With the foregoing in mind, what was the cause for God's having initially called Abra(ha)m? If the plain text of the first twenty-four (24) chapters of Genesis is to be taken at face value, and the Jewish tradition concerning [[Melchizedek]] and [[Abraham]] believed, then it was [[Shem]] who, as the true patriarch, and who then went by the name 'Melchizedek', identified that younger man whom God had already called according to that man's extreme act of defiance against the pagan gods.

With the foregoing in mind, what was the cause for God's having initially called Abra(ha)m? If the plain text of the first twenty-four (24) chapters of Genesis is to be taken at face value, and the Jewish tradition concerning [[Melchizedek]] and [[Abraham]] believed, then it was [[Shem]] who, as the true patriarch, and who then went by the name 'Melchizedek', identified that younger man whom God had already called according to that man's extreme act of defiance against the pagan gods.