The Bible Code

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_code

Many today claim to have divine inspiration and the ability to predict the future. One such method of this is The Bible Code.

To interpret this so called code, the original Hebrew text of the Torah (the only books some consider to be given to man word for word) are arranged in a grid one character to a space. Then by the Equidistant Letter Sequence method (ELS) sequences of letters that are equidistantly space (clever name, right) are chosen and form a word.

I would like to go ahead and say that this "code," while interesting to think about, should have no impact on the lives of anyone. The statistical probabilities of finding meaningful word and phrases in a sea of random dribble is actually quite high in this instance, especially with all of the different starting points and different skip intervals.

Similar studies with the book Moby Dick have been shown to foretell the assassination of JFK. This code is simply a statistical byproduct which some are taking as prophecy. How do you feel about something so sacred as God's Word being use in such a manner? I see it as a fairly grotesque use of something so perfect in itself.