Gematria and its Usefulness

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Fair enough. It started a couple of years ago just as I was finishing up a master’s degree in environmental law. I was writing a paper about the connection between the US census prisoner-counting procedures and the criminal law system (I know, it has almost nothing to do with environmental law). I made a variety of discoveries while working on that paper, all having to do with the effect of self-deception on the legal process. It turns out self-deception is a necessary element of virtually any kind of unethical behavior. Basically, through selective reasoning, people con themselves into thinking their desired choice of action is ethical when anyone else would easily recognize it as unethical. This allows people to do unethical things they wouldn't otherwise do. it also has other "side effects" - it makes people stupid. It makes them say really stupid things; if a self-deceiving person has to talk about the subject he is deceiving himself about, he has to do it while deceiving himself. It's like talking without your brain working. This makes it very easy to determine when somebody is acting in good faith; ultimately, these reliable signs of self-deception act like a "test for truth." Simply ask a person to justify his belief in a certain claim, and check for signs of self-deception.

BRILLIANT INSIGHTS!

The long and short of it is, I found myself in a position where I had to convince everybody about this phenomenon in order to save us all from our own self-deception. I also discovered a simple way of separating truth from bullsh@t. I know I haven't proved this - you asked what was it about me that made me think the names on my gematria list weren't just pure chance. The most important answer is, I think I can "save the world," what can I say? That’s the way it is. And I'm not talking about some general feeling, because I think I’m Jesus or something like that - I'm talking about specific ideas resulting from my research. I didn't know anything about Jesus or Gematria until much later. I now know that the bible repeatedly predicts what I discovered (people destroying themselves by deliberately rejecting knowledge) and that Jesus specifically preached the very same things I fell I now have to convince everybody else of. I've also now know that the old and New Testament both predict truth being delivered, or deception being destroyed, by somebody named Michael.
Which brings me to my name. Michael means “who is like God.” My middle name is David. Multiple prophecies refer to David as the future king or prince (For instance, Hosea 3:5 “Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days.”) Even my last name is arguably significant -Neuman ("and that ye put on that new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness" (Ephesians 4))
At some point, I discovered Gematria, and I find my own name, and the name of the street I live on, both say “Jesus” over and over and over again, in multiple forms of gematria. There’s more than what I included above. Here is a brief list of phrases that have the same value as my name: Jesus incarnate; Jesus’s twin; Jesus H. Christ ; Christ, the Lord ; Holy Spirit on Earth; Jesus, God Incarnate; Church of Christ ; Jesus’s partner ; Christ, the Lord God; Christ, the Lamb of God; The King of the Jews ;
Another potentially significant thing is my birthdate: June 29, 1967. This was the day Israel removed the barriers separating East and West Jerusalem, reuniting the city after the 6 day war. Arguably, this is what is meant by "the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem” from Daniel 9
June 29th is also the 180th day of the year- exact middle of 360 day year. If a "time" is a year and "half a time' is half a year, a half a time ends on my birthday. It's also exactly between New Years and Christmas. Wouldn't it be nice to celebrate a second Christmas in the middle of the summer? By the way, this year I turned 44.
I wasn't crucified but, 10 or 12 years ago I was pierced on the side with a lance - or a “lancet,” anyway - when I had my colon removed. For three months there was a hole on my side through which came out blood and water…and other stuff…
I don’t feel like Jesus – the only thing on that gematria list that I can relate to is “rejected at home,” which, coincidently or not, certainly describes my current home situation.

Well ... I searched for "Michael David" and Google returned over 90 MILLION pages. And there were hundreds of thousands of babies born on June 29, 1967. I'm sorry, but such logic will lead to nothing but delusion.

It is very common for folks to get fascinated by the gematria of their names. I've had a big gematria website online for over a decade, so you can probably imagine how many people have written to me with gematria and birth-dates and whatnot that "proves" they are Jesus or Elijah. Just this week, I've been contacted by two different "Elijahs" who used gematria to "prove" it. And now I get a Jesus (or Michael) tossed in the mix. It's been a busy week!

I'd be very happy to discuss this further with you if you are so inclined. Talking to a sympathetic person who knows about numbers might help you clear your mind.

All the best,

Richard

[Ed J]

Why do you say that I "cannot tell the difference between what is random and non-random or the meaningful from non-meaningful?"

I can tell the difference very well. The problem is that you cannot! You assert that mere lists of words with equivalent values is all that is needed, but that is absurd because you arrive at equations that contradict what you believe.

As for the holographs, I already explained why they are different but you ignored what I wrote and did not respond to it.

Hi Richard,

FALSE! I have asserted no such thing! I repeatedly stated that 'Gematria'(74) acts as a second witness to 'Bible Truth'.
I have constantly told you this, but you seem to be blocking the information form entering into your cerebral cortex.

..............................God's Signature

.............................Proof of God=117

GOD(26) → The Bible(63) → AKJV Bible(74) → The LORD JEHOVAH(151)

.....26=יהוה (God's Name: YHVH pronounced YÄ-hä-vā)
.....YHVH=63 (God's Name: יהוה translated into English)
.....Jesus=74 (God's Son's Name into English is: Joshua)
.....HolySpirit=151 ('FATHER: The Word' in all believers)
.....God The Father=117 (Representing 'GOD' יהוה האלהים)



I have explained before why they are meaningful and non-random.
The list is not arbitrary, but these five word structures allocate to "GOD"!
As five numerical signature markers they also tie key biblical doctrine together, and
are inextricably linked to the other four numbers, as well as their prime numbers counterparts.

God bless

Ed J (Joshua 22:34)

http://www.holycitybiblecode.org
Link to the thread that offers 'Proof of GOD'

[Richard Amiel McGough]

I have explained before why they are meaningful and non-random.
The list is not arbitrary, but these five word structures allocate to "GOD"!
As five numerical signature markers they also tie key biblical doctrine together, and
are inextricably linked to the other four numbers, as well as their prime numbers counterparts.

You assert that they are "not arbitrary." I assert they are arbitrary.

By what standard do we establish who is right and who is wrong?

[Ed J]

You assert that they are "not arbitrary." I assert they are arbitrary.

By what standard do we establish who is right and who is wrong?

Hi Richard,

Get a mathematician.

God bless

Ed J (Joshua 22:34)

http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Hi Richard,

Get a mathematician.

God bless

Ed J (Joshua 22:34)

http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

I am a mathematician. And I've already proved your "five numbers" mean nothing. But you didn't understand my proof, and I doubt you even remember it.

You claim they are not arbitrary, so you need to give some evidence that supports your claim. You have NEVER done that. So will you do it now? Can you present any evidence that the five numbers are not arbitrary and meaningless?

[Ed J]

I am a mathematician. And I've already proved your "five numbers" mean nothing. But you didn't understand my proof, and I doubt you even remember it.

You claim they are not arbitrary, so you need to give some evidence that supports your claim. You have NEVER done that. So will you do it now? Can you present any evidence that the five numbers are not arbitrary and meaningless?

Hi Richard,

I have shown that they are not meaningless, and odds can prove they are non-random.
By the same token you never gave any evidence that they are (according to you) arbitrary.

God bless

Ed J (Joshua 22:34)

http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Hi Richard,

I have shown that they are not meaningless, and odds can prove they are non-random.
By the same token you never gave any evidence that they are (according to you) arbitrary.

God bless

Ed J (Joshua 22:34)

http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

Your claims are false. I have given evidence that they are random, and you have never given any evidence to the contrary.

If you disagree, then please "refresh my memory" and briefly state the evidence that shows those five numbers are "beyond chance."

Thanks!

[Ed J]

Your claims are false. I have given evidence that they are random, and you have never given any evidence to the contrary.

If you disagree, then please "refresh my memory" and briefly state the evidence that shows those five numbers are "beyond chance."

Thanks!

Hi Richard,

What evidence?

God bless

Ed J (Joshua 22:34)

http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Hi Richard,

What evidence?

God bless

Ed J (Joshua 22:34)

http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

I've given you mountains of evidence in dozens of posts in three different threads, but you ignored it or didn't understand it. Here's a quick example:

Hi Richard,

1) Quite the contrary: you attested to it also written in the "Latin" Vulgate Bible; we both know Lucifer(74) is in the "AKJV Bible"(74). The word from which Lucifer was translated means: giver of light and bright morning star. Both "Latin" and "Light" have the same "Theomatic" value of 56.
Of course you will claim this is more "Cherry Picking"; but it is you who brought to light the "Latin Vulgate"(144) Bible used it first.

................Light is JEHOVAH=117
(117)יהוה האלהים = is the light(117) = God Spirit(117)

John 3:19-20 this is the condemnation, that [light is JEHOVAH]
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

Hey there Ed,

You still have not addressed the point. How does the appearance of the word "Lucifer" in a translation of the Bible mean that the translated word was "really" the name of Satan? It sounds like you are now saying that the Latin Vulgate is also an inspired translation like the "AKJV Bible." Is that what you mean?

And speaking of the "AKJV Bible" - that's a perfect example of cherry picking. You write "AKJV Bible" because "KJV Bible" = 73 and you want to get 74, so you add the "A". You and I both know with perfect certainty that if you wanted the value to be 73 you would be writing "KJV Bible." Your numerical identities prove nothing because they only "confirm" whatever you already believe.

I get the impression you don't know what "cherry picking" means, and that you do not understand why it is a logical fallacy. Here's an explanation:

Cherry picking is the act of pointing at individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position, while ignoring a significant portion of related cases or data that may contradict that position.

The term is based on the perceived process of harvesting fruit, such as cherries. The picker would be expected to only select the ripest and healthiest fruits. An observer who only sees the selected fruit may thus wrongly conclude that most, or even all, of the fruit is in such good condition.

Cherry picking can be found in many logical fallacies. For example, the "fallacy of anecdotal evidence" tends to overlook large amounts of data in favor of that known personally, while a false dichotomy picks only two options when more are available.

This is a precise definition of the fallacy of your "proofs." Take the number 56 for example. You said it is the value of "light" and "Latin" and seemed to imply that this proved something, though you did not state exactly what it was supposed to prove. Now tell me this: How many English words sum to 56? The answer is hundreds. So why are the two words you chose more significant than the hundreds of other words, like scum(56), pus(56), spat(56), and shit(56)? As you can see, there is no rhyme nor reason to your method. You ignore mountains of facts while emphasizing only the few things that support your preconceived notions. Your work is, therefore, the very definition of "cherry picking." It is fundamentally fallacious. Willful persistence in such fallacy is madness.

3) The Jews would argue that the name "Jesus" is un-biblical.

And they would be technically correct, but this case is altogether different. The name "Jesus" is based on the Greek IHSOUS which is how the Jews translated the Hebrew name Yehoshua (Joshua) in the Greek Septuagint. There is a direct connection between the English "Jesus" and the Hebrew original. There is no such connection between the word "Lucifer" and the Hebrew Heylel.

All the best,

Richard

That post was from last January. I've been explaining things to you for many months. I repeated myself dozens of times concerning the fact that the name "Lucifer" is an invalid translation and not a name of Satan which PROVES that all your identities based on "Lucifer = 74" are meaningless. But look at this current thread! I've had to repeat all that information again because you continue to deny the facts and write as if you have forgotten all about the facts I presented. And I showed a hundred other errors in your work that you have either ignored or failed to understand.

And to top it all off, you never once have explained HOW or WHY your numbers and words are supposed to "prove" anything even though you introduced yourself on this forum in a thread called God's existence is PROVEN encoded in AKJV Bible: English Gematria!. How is it that you think you've "explained" anything? All you say is "It's obvious that these are beyond chance." That's what's so totally crazy. It is not "obvious" because it's not even true! You have never shown any statistical analysis that proves anything. How is it possible that you don't know this?

[Ed J]

Hi Richard,

How does you putting random numbers together prove anything?
If someone put together a holograph that didn't match,
would that disprove the ones that do match?
The only thing arbitrary is your logic.

God bless

Ed J (Joshua 22:34)

http://www.holycitybiblecode.org