Theomatics

Theomatics

Theomatics is a numerological study of the Greek and Hebrew text of the Christian Bible, based upon gematria and isopsephia, that its proponents assert demonstrates the direct intervention of God in the writing of Christian scripture.

Etymology

The term "theomatics" was invented by Del Washburn in 1976, who coined the name "theomatics" as a combination of "" ("God") and "", and wrote several books [The three books are:
*cite book|author=Jerry Lucas and Del Washburn|title=Theomatics: God's Best Kept Secret Revealed|year=1986|publisher=Stein & Day Pub|id=ISBN 0-8128-6017-9
*cite book|author=Del Washburn|title=Theomatics II : God's Best-Kept Secret Revealed|year=1994|publisher=Scarborough House|id=ISBN 0-8128-4023-2
*cite book|author=Del Washburn|title=The Original CODE in the BIBLE|year=1994|publisher=Madison Books|id=ISBN 1-56833-115-0They have sold approximately 100,000 copies in hard cover editions.Fact|date=February 2007] and created a website [cite web|author=Del Washburn|url=http://www.theomatics.com/theomatics/whatis.html|title=What is Theomatics?|accessdate=2006-12-09] espousing the hypothesis.

Methodology

Theomatics is not the same thing as Bible code; it uses an entirely different technique. The Bible code (also called ELS for Equidistant Letter Sequences) uses a letter skipping technique. Theomatics, on the other hand, is based on gematria and isopsephia, systems which assign numerical values to letters in the ancient Hebrew and Greek alphabets.

Proponents of theomatics claim that an analysis of the Bible reveals numerical patterns that are not explicable by chance.

Controversy

An analysis and criticism of theomatics has been published anonymously by "A. B. Leever" [cite web|author=A. B. Leever|url=http://www.ableever.net/Apologetics/Theomatics/theomatics.html|title=Theomatics|accessdate=October 10|accessyear=2005] .

A German statistician published an analysis [cite web|author=Kurt Fettelschoss|url=http://www.theomatics.net/contents.html|title=Table of Contents|work=Theomatics|accessdate=2006-12-09] that found that "The observed quantity of theomatic hits is significantly not random". [cite web|author=Kurt Fettelschoss|url=http://theomatics.net/cover.html|title=Cover letter|accessdate=2006-12-09] His findings led Del Washburn to write that theomatics is "an issue that has been settled and is both determinate and conclusive". [cite web|author=Del Washburn|url=http://theomatics.net/index.html|title=Statement regarding Fettelschoss' analysis|accessdate=2006-12-09] A response to the findings was posted by A. B. Leever. [cite web|author=A. B. Leever|url=http://www.ableever.net/Apologetics/Theomatics/Theom-Lk15/Theom-Lk15-Response/theom-lk15-response.html|title=Response to Fettelschoss|accessdate=2006-12-09]

Another page, entitled "Theomatics Debunked" [cite web|author=Russell Glasser|url=http://www.apollowebworks.com/atheism/theomatics.html|title=Theomatics Debunked|accessdate=October 10|accessyear=2005] , criticizes theomatics from an atheist perspective.

Washburn's website has a page entitled "Scientific Proof" [cite web | author=Del Washburn|url=http://www.theomatics.com/theomatics/proof.html|title=Scientific Proof of the Discovery|accessdate=2005-10-10] which discusses and responds to potential arguments against theomatics.

References

Further reading

*
* [http://www.religioustolerance.org/biblcode1.htm Theomatics and Other Bible Codes] from Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
* [http://skepdic.com/bibcode.html Bible Code] from the Skeptic's Dictionary

See also

* Bible code


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