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exchanged 'zealot' with the word 'believer' as it is a softer and less negatively viewed word than the prior.
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. However, [[evangelical Christians]] largely reject the idea that the Bible codes have any meaning beyond that<ref>[http://www.cft.org.za/news/davinci/response.htm A Christian Response to "The Bible Code"]</ref>, some going as far as to call pursuit of numerological codes in the Bible 'occult' and 'Satanic'<ref>http://www.christianmediaresearch.com/cmc-31.html</ref>.
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. However, [[evangelical Christians]] largely reject the idea that the Bible codes have any meaning beyond that<ref>[http://www.cft.org.za/news/davinci/response.htm A Christian Response to "The Bible Code"]</ref>, some going as far as to call pursuit of numerological codes in the Bible 'occult' and 'Satanic'<ref>http://www.christianmediaresearch.com/cmc-31.html</ref>.
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.
On the side of some ‘Bible Code’ believers, 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 (purposeful) agents exist (such as humans), 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.
In any case, rare important patterns exist in any world in which telic (purposeful) agents exist (such as humans), 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.