By Michelle A. Vu | Christian Post Reporter While Harold Camping caused atheists to mock his May 21 rapture calculation as “nonsense,” he also provoked others to think more deeply about the symbolic numbers in the Bible and what they could mean.
what this basically means is that Camping has created a system of
numerology which would allow him to manipulate the numbers of his calculation in such a fashion as to give him whatever result he wants. In other words, using such a
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Maybe this is part of my general dislike of math in general, as a writer, but is
numerology really something that should be a part of Christianity? I'm not talking simply about certain numbers being symbolic--six the symbol of man,
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Numerology is any of many systems, traditions or beliefs in a mystical or esoteric relationship between numbers and physical objects or living things.
Numerology and numerological divination by systems such as isopsephy were popular among early mathematicians, such as Pythagoras, but are no longer considered part of mathematics and are regarded as pseudomathematics by modern scientists.[1][2] This is similar to the historical relationships between astrology and astronomy, and between alchemy and chemistry.[citation needed]
Today, numerology is often associated with the paranormal, alongside astrology and similar divinatory arts.
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