Theomatics

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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.

1 Etymology
2 Methodology
3 Controversy
4 References
5 Further reading
6 See also

[edit] Etymology

The term "theomatics" was invented by Del Washburn in 1976, who coined the name "theomatics" as a combination of "Θεός" ("God") and "mathematics", and wrote several books^[1] and created a website^[2] espousing the hypothesis.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Controversy

An analysis and criticism of theomatics has been published anonymously by "A. B. Leever"^[3].

A German statistician published an analysis^[4] that found that "The observed quantity of theomatic hits is significantly not random".^[5] Fettelschoss' findings led Del Washburn to write that theomatics "is now a mute issue that has been settled and is both determinate and conclusive".^[6] A response to the findings was posted by A. B. Leever.^[7]

Another page, entitled "Theomatics Debunked"^[8], criticizes theomatics from an atheist perspective.

Washburn's website has a page entitled "Scientific Proof"^[9] which discusses and responds to potential arguments against theomatics.

[edit] References

^ The three books are:
- Jerry Lucas and Del Washburn (1986). Theomatics: God's Best Kept Secret Revealed. Stein & Day Pub. ISBN 0-8128-6017-9.
- Del Washburn (1994). Theomatics II : God's Best-Kept Secret Revealed. Scarborough House. ISBN 0-8128-4023-2.
- Del Washburn (1994). The Original CODE in the BIBLE. Madison Books. ISBN 1-56833-115-0.
They have sold approximately 100,000 copies in hard cover editions.^{[citation needed]}
^ Del Washburn. What is Theomatics?. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
^ A. B. Leever. Theomatics. Retrieved on October 10, 2005.
^ Kurt Fettelschoss. Table of Contents. Theomatics. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
^ Kurt Fettelschoss. Cover letter. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
^ Del Washburn. Statement regarding Fettelschoss' analysis. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
^ A. B. Leever. Response to Fettelschoss. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
^ Russell Glasser. Theomatics Debunked. Retrieved on October 10, 2005.
^ Del Washburn. Scientific Proof of the Discovery. Retrieved on 2005-10-10.