Mathematical claims of 'Bible Codes'...is there any truth in the maths?

[DD_8630]

DD_8630, welcome and thanks for your reply.

Cheers .

You and Luke have both mentioned something that is not in dispute: that any text will produce words or phrases using the methods employed by the Bible coders. When the codes first 'appeared' in the 90s they were proven to be just coincidence, indeed these codes appeared in other books like the Koran, Moby Dick etc. This Ed Sherman guy is interesting, in that the codes he has found are so unlikely to appear by chance that the mathematical probabilities suggest they are deliberately planted there.

Are you saying that Ed's Bible codes are extraordinary compared to those found in other texts?

I've found two critics and I've emailed them as the 'debunking' stuff I'm finding seems to be dated back to the Drosnin codes and there doesn't seem to be any up to date critiques regarding Ed Sherman's claims.

If Ed's claims aren't updated, why would the critique need to be ?

The two critics are Randy Ingermanson who has a Phd in physics.

http://www.ingermanson.com/codes/art/debunkers.php

I emailed him yesterday to ask him about Ed Sherman. This is my email and his reply this morning:

''Hi Catherine:
>Have you come across this site:
>http://www.biblecodedigest.com/page.php/6
>and a mathematician called Ed Sherman? They seem to be saying that
>since the controversy surrounding the initial codes via Drosnin,
>Rips etc, it does seem there are 'real' codes. I would appreciate
>your opinion on this. Many thanks.''

Wait, I thought Ingerman is a critic of Bible codes. Is he in fact a proponent?