It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
I have tried to give you advise, take the words you feel are important and look into their etymology, see where the words have come from, and how they have evolved.
Link to source: original.biblebrowser.com...
3509. nephos (nef'-os) - apparently a primary word; a cloud
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Logos: It derives from the verb λέγω legō: to count, tell, say, or speak.[1] The primary meaning of logos is: something said; by implication a subject, topic of discourse, or reasoning. Secondary meanings such as logic, reasoning, etc. derive from the fact that if one is capable of λέγειν (infinitive) i.e. speech, then intelligence and reason are assumed.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
I think that if you step back and look at the big picture, it's easy to see that every example presented so far is NOT statistically unlikely. In fact, the original poster has gone into this whole thing with blinders on looking for things that will support his belief in two or three numbers he finds significant, ignoring all other results or making up his own rules to get the results he desires.
Originally posted by Aleilius
I think a great question we should be trying to answer is whether or not some of these associations are statistically unlikely.
Indeed, you're well aware there are literally an infinite number of possible mappings of letter to number for any language. Why 1-26? Why English? Webster's American English Dictionary? or do we include Brittish spellings? (Or do we choose whatever spelling, part of speech, variant, or whathaveyou to best fit the result we're trying to achieve?)
Not only that, but why not try and debate the mechanisms behind gematria?
Numbers are real. Numbers don't lie. But men making up their own rules just to get the numbers they want is not honest, and it is something we have caught a703o doing at least 3 times in this thread, which is why I find the mechanics of your calculator more promising... at least a little less room for the folly of man.
What makes you think it's not real, and likewise what makes you think it's real?
Originally posted by Aleilius
There's never been a great way to explain the mechanism behind English gematria, or honestly, any gematria system (be it Hebrew, Greek, Latin, etc). It's either something you get, and you see the significance immediately, or it's something you'll toil with for years and never see the significance.
It takes a certain type of person to grasp these concepts. No puns allowed either!
[edit on 6-10-2008 by Aleilius]
Originally posted by a703o
language of the birds=174
new world order=174
number of the beast=174