# Miraculous? Or coincidental? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2000, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miraculous-or-coincidental/43364 "2000-11-30T14:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndyKeats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@AndyKeats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyKeats)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miraculous-or-coincidental/43364/1 "2000-11-30T14:21:50Z")
You decide: [http://thetruereligion.org/frequency.htm](http://thetruereligion.org/frequency.htm) I think it is interesting to say the least. I think this borders on numerology though, of which I have no faith in. Opinions? ---
**Author:** ![Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison_s_Lament)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miraculous-or-coincidental/43364/2 "2000-11-30T14:46:19Z")
Ever see that Lincoln and Kennedy similarities list? Apparently Lincoln had an aid called Kennedy, Kennedy had an aid called Lincoln. Kennedy was killed in a Lincoln, etc. Weird shit happens ya know 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miraculous-or-coincidental/43364/3 "2000-11-30T19:34:59Z")
Well apparently, they have more than one word that means land, so it could be safe to say that there is another word that means land that could ruin that equation. By the same token, any of the others could have words that mean the same thing that weren’t counted. I don’t know the language, so I’m just guessing, but I think it’s not a coincidence, it’s a forced coincidence by picking and choosing certain words until they get a match.