The Bible Code: A Book Review
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Michael Drosnin has written a frightening book. Nuclear holocausts, calamitous earthquakes, the Nazi death camps, terrorist bombings, assassinations of world leaders who may have held some hope for humanity—a 182-page catalogue of very real threats to our world. The Bible Code purports the existence of a hidden code in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament. This code, according to Drosnin, contains information about future events—especially, it would seem, tragic world events of monumental proportions. The book appeals to legitimate fears about irrational, violent forces loose in the world. These fears can lead rational people to hope that God will intervene where humans fail. They may even inspire hope that this book really does provide a way of predicting the future and averting disaster. The sad fact is that this book is a series of wild, unfounded claims based on stretching statistical evidence to the breaking point. Drosnin, a former reporter for the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, says he is simply a journalist in search of the facts: “I started out on the night police beat. I always had a very flat-footed, downto-earth view of reality. And I was determined to deal with this story the same way I dealt with every other story.” But despite his claims to hard-nosed skepticism, one cannot avoid the conclusion that he lacks the mathematical and statistical background that would bring some depth to his skepticism. He is deluded by his ignorance.
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تاریخ انتشار 1998