Religion and Spirituality: Opposing Views: Divination: Gematria and Theomatics

Brief essay comparing claims of hidden codes in the Bible or Qur'an to an illusionist's card trick.

Discussion of the problems in Michael Drosnin's book "The Bible Code," examples of hidden messages in "Treasure Island," and an explanation of the illogic behind claims made by some proponents of gematria.

A variety of articles and resources criticizing claims of codes in the Qur'an and Bible as well as links to sites proposing such ideas.

Articles, answers to challenges, experimental data, and Real Audio and Real Video versions of a presentation given on the topic.

Several articles detailing research and experimentation by a mathematics professor that disprove the Bible code theories.

Explanation of techniques for finding codes and discussion of the limitations of the popular code-finding software and the theory in general. From a Christian perspective.

Resources and information relating to Ivan Panin and his research and alleged patterns in the Torah or Qur'an.

Article by David Washburn on some of the problems with the theories presented in "The Bible Code."

Article criticizing the attempts by some Christians to convert Jews by claiming that references to Jesus as the messiah are encoded in the Torah.

Assertion that the Bible and Torah code theories are unsubstantiated, signed by professors or holders of PhDs in the area of mathematics or statistics.