Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: johnw@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Warren) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: important biblical numbers Message-ID: Date: 29 Jul 90 19:12:57 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article alharv@garnet.berkeley.edu writes: > I am somewhat disturbed by the amount of numerology I have seen >in this group in the last few days. . . . - to me >an obsession with secret meanings in numbers smacks too much of the >occult to be pleasing to God. One can of course point to extremes to >show how such things can be harmful Let me just say that an obsession to one man is to another man an awesome confirmation of God's faithfulness, and it is NOT up to you to judge someone else as an obsessive fanatic just because you can't see the value in the details that God has provided. Some people find this not only interesting, but inspiring. Please don't kill this sense of wonder with your cynicism. >When I was in high school I developed quite an >interest in the very same things. But as I have matured as a Christian >(a process which has a very long way to go), I think God has taught me >that such diversion and speculation can lead one into spiritual left >field, Yes diversion and speculation can lead one into spiritual left field, but it doesn't have to. Where would the church be today if it weren't for Paul's "speculations" about the ways Christ fulfilled the Old Testament? These truths were not easy to mine from scripture.