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Arising_uk wrote:As evidenced by the numerology of your name.

bobevenson wrote:

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:Wikipedia talks about gematria as though it were restricted to Hebrew, and it doesn't link gematria to numerology. Unfortunately, it doesn't show Greek gematria, where the Greek form of Jesus (Iesous) adds up to 888, and English gematria simplex, where Iesous adds up to 88, a mystical connection with our past in Ouzo combinations.

As usual your selective reading compliments your confirmation bias so let me help by quoting the first line "Gematria is an Assyro-Babylonian system of numerology ...".

OK, I guess I missed that reference, and, as a matter of fact, a numerology book was instrumental in "The Ouzo Prophecy" being written. As I have probably mentioned before, in the beginning, I was merely looking for a way to promote the game of Ouzo, a formalized version of the casual bar game of liar's poker, played with the serial number of a dollar bill. In a relatively short period, I heard the Biblical reference to 666 mentioned a number of times. It always reminded me of an Ouzo bid of three 6's. Finally, I asked somebody where 666 was in the Bible. He said the book of Revelation, and at the time, I didn't know if that was the New Testament or the Old Testament, having no knowledge or interest in the Bible at all. But I checked it out, and it looked like Rev. 13:18 was a description of the game. It occurred to me that I could promote Ouzo in a light-hearted way as being predicted in the Bible. I got the idea of writing a short paper called "The Ouzo Prophecy" to exploit this "prediction." However, after browsing through many Biblical commentaries in Cincinnati bookstores, I came to the conclusion that there were only two basic interpretations of 666, not enough to write even a short paper, and so I basically abandoned the idea. However, one day, I walked into a bookstore, and about halfway back, I was suddenly confronted by a wall of numerology books to my immediate right (actually a vision or hallucination since the numerology books were shelved at the back of the store). But it was like I was confronted by these books, and I said to myself, "I wonder if a numerology book would have anything to say about 666," never having looked at a numerology book in my life. I started browsing through the books, and sure enough, most of them discussed 666, although not mentioning anythng I didn't already know. Finally, I found a book in which the author discussed being at a scientific lecture where two nearby members of the audience were talking about the carbon atom of 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons. She came to the conclusion that this was the answer to the Biblical 666. I said to myself, "Wow, that's something you'd never read in a Biblical commentary," and then I said, "Now I can write "The Ouzo Prophecy." For some reason, that third interpretation made all the difference in the world, and marked the beginning of the Church of Ouzo.

Ginkgo wrote:Bob, what has carbon 12 got to do with it?

"I wonder if a numerology book would have anything to say about 666," never having looked at a numerology book in my life. I started browsing through the books, and sure enough, most of them discussed 666

bobevenson wrote:

Ginkgo wrote:Bob, what has carbon 12 got to do with it?

It doesn't have anything to do with the Biblical meaning of 666; it's just another false interpretation like all the others before "The Ouzo Prophecy" was written.

Wyman wrote:

"I wonder if a numerology book would have anything to say about 666," never having looked at a numerology book in my life. I started browsing through the books, and sure enough, most of them discussed 666

Like moths to a light bulb.

Ginkgo wrote:Didn't you say that the third interpretation makes a difference and now you can write the prophecy?

bobevenson wrote:

Ginkgo wrote:Didn't you say that the third interpretation makes a difference and now you can write the prophecy?

The difference it made was to provide just enough new raw material to write the paper.

Ginkgo wrote:When i asked the original question in relation to carbon 666 you told me it was a false interpretation and of no significance. That is to say before you edited that post. Now you are saying it provided enough raw material to write the paper.

bobevenson wrote:

Ginkgo wrote:When i asked the original question in relation to carbon 666 you told me it was a false interpretation and of no significance. That is to say before you edited that post. Now you are saying it provided enough raw material to write the paper.

All the previous interpretations of 666 were incorrect, although they did point to the evil of mankind. The significance of the carbon atom interpretation is that it provided just enough new material for me to write the paper.

Ginkgo wrote:

bobevenson wrote:

Ginkgo wrote:When i asked the original question in relation to carbon 666 you told me it was a false interpretation and of no significance. That is to say before you edited that post. Now you are saying it provided enough raw material to write the paper.

All the previous interpretations of 666 were incorrect, although they did point to the evil of mankind. The significance of the carbon atom interpretation is that it provided just enough new material for me to write the paper.

Bob you shouldn't change your original answer to my question in the middle of our conservation.

bobevenson wrote:The fact that my name, Robert Merlin Evenson, adds up to the Unholy Trinity of Satan, False Prophet and Beast in English Gematria Simplex (A=1 to Z=26), is a sign that I am the divinely-appointed representative of mankind to set the rest of humanity straight.

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:The fact that my name, Robert Merlin Evenson, adds up to the Unholy Trinity of Satan, False Prophet and Beast in English Gematria Simplex (A=1 to Z=26), is a sign that I am the divinely-appointed representative of mankind to set the rest of humanity straight.

Yes, but 'divinely' appointed by whom? And onto to what path? As you've already said its to get us to agree to give our dominion over to this 'Beast'.