The BIBLE CODE

Rating:
Summary: Hey Michael, what about a follow-up book?
Review: I'd love to have a follow-up book to read that investigates the last two years worth of events. Events like Bosnia, Kosovo, and the election of Barak of Israel. Would it also speak to Bibi's not being re-elected? I found the book's message to be very profound and amazing, yet disturbing at the same time. It made me realize that I needed to share this book with others in order for them to see what is really contained within the Bible.

Rating:
Summary: A waste of time and money.
Review: I came away very disappointed after reading this book. Christians reading this book will not find any insight leading to a deeper relationship with God and Jesus is never mentioned. The author admits he is a non-believer and attributes the code to a "higher intelligence" other than God (ET's perhaps?) The author repeatedly doubts the reliability of the code all through the book and finally vows to "get out of the fortune-telling business." (A recent study which used the ELS system Drosnin writes about and the novel, "Moby Dick", was able to find the death of Princess Diana. Also a group of some 50 world-class mathematicians signed a letter disclaiming the validity of the ELS code.) All in all, a very disappointing read. It promises much, delivers very little. Remember "Chairots of the Gods" several years ago? Save your money.

Rating:
Summary: Fantastic
Review: I thought this book would be just a pyramid type book wherebye the author just fits bits in to make a sensational account of human history The Bible Is nothing like i expected i cant see how anyone mathmatician to preist will fail to at least be moved if it isnt a code why havnt anyone come forward can you imagine the fame a mathmatition would get if they could prove it wrong. it left me feeling very moved and a bit scared the only thing is now we are going to get lots of books on this some will be good others ?????

Rating:
Summary: Interesting, but not unique
Review: The same methods and principles used in the Bible to predict the future have also been repeated successfully in the book Moby Dick, which basically disproves the central message of The Bible Code. Look it up on the internet (the Moby Dick experiment).

Rating:
Summary: Excellent to the last few chapters.........
Review: I have done a great deal of research on this fascinating and convincable subject but I feel this paticular book was written hastily to be one of the first marketed and that the writer, though convinced of the bible codes validity, proves to be having a bit of trouble excepting the reality, in the last few chapters. His assumptions and opinions can wrongly influence readers into believing that whatever is in the codes is meaningless because "perhaps God changes His mind" even though it is recorded in His word, in codes, much less!

Rating:
Summary: Ignorance is bliss
Review: Drosnin's account of Rips research was not as scientific as one would like, but he does provide a fair introduction to the codes in the Torah. The predictions he found were flawed and he certainly seemed to bring out the polarized side of this issue. This is not a book to base your belief (or disbelief) on, however it provides a simplistic view of the ancient belief that God provided man with sacred information in the form of the Torah. For those who are seeking knowledge, it will inspire you to continue researching. For those who don't wish to think beyond Happy Hour, it will give you more insults to hurl at that pesky religious community. All around good fun for everybody.

Rating:
Summary: This book has been debunked a multitude of times...
Review: ... and only those that are grasping at straws in an attempt to bolster their flagging Christian faith will enjoy it.

Rating:
Summary: Proof from the Hard Sciences
Review: As predicted by the Corinthians the words of God are bound to fall on deaf ears. Without knowing it, these skeptics are fulfilling the words of God. And don't be skeptical of the claims in this book - the people at Harvard and Yale weren't.

Rating:
Summary: how easily we are deceived...
Review: You can look at the stars in the sky and come up with numerous "codes". You can look at grains of sand on a beach and come up with numerous "codes". You can look at blades of grass in a field and come up with numerous "codes". You can look at the text of the "Bible" and come up with the "Bible Code". You can look at "War and Peace" and probably come with an alternative "Bible Code", or even it's opposite. Such occurrences of "codes" are inevitable, given a minimum set of criteria - in this case long passages of text. The "Bible Code" is a manifestation of this, nothing more. It's alarming that so many people believe it.

Rating:
Summary: How Stupid Can People Get?
Review: This waste of perfectly good trees is a crock. Drosnin arrogantly challenged someone to disprove his thesis by finding assassinations in the text of Moby Dick. Well, a mathemetician did just that. Just do a web search for assassinations foretold in moby dick, and see for yourself.