# The Bible code: Is it a load of bollocks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-code-is-it-a-load-of-bollocks/139949 "2002-12-02T13:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-code-is-it-a-load-of-bollocks/139949/1 "2002-12-02T13:32:09Z")
I’ve just read about the bible code predicting sept’ 11 and how a ‘nuclear war’ will happen in four years time. So is this time to finally discredit this rubbish? Or does it have significance? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-code-is-it-a-load-of-bollocks/139949/2 "2002-12-02T13:36:15Z")
Oh, it’s real, all right. Just wait till you see what’s set to happen for New Year’s Day! I…probably shouldn’t have said that. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-code-is-it-a-load-of-bollocks/139949/3 "2002-12-02T13:36:21Z")
Yes, it is rubbish. Neither Nostradamus, the Bible, nor the US $20-bill predicted the September 11 attacks. Of course, we’ll have to see about that nuclear war. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-code-is-it-a-load-of-bollocks/139949/4 "2002-12-02T13:37:10Z")
It’s [total and utter bollocks](http://www.skepdic.com/bibcode.html). ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-code-is-it-a-load-of-bollocks/139949/5 "2002-12-02T13:41:25Z")
Its amazing how the bible code is so wonderfully accurate in **hindsight**! 🙂 I’m afraid that until the day when someone uses it to show that something is going to happen **before** said event, then i’m coming down firmly on the “its a load of bollocks” side of the fence. After all given enough maths its possible to take any set of letters in one place and “decifer” their secret message to reveal a predefined pattern or message. My boss of course would disagree - he is a firm believer in the Bible Code and similar theories. As a result I’m currently trying to work out a way to “decifer” the hidden message in the layout of my keyboard that will prove to him that he needs to give me a pay rise. Any help would be much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-code-is-it-a-load-of-bollocks/139949/6 "2002-12-02T13:44:44Z")
The bible code is just about as accurate as Nostradomus, which is to say, not very. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-code-is-it-a-load-of-bollocks/139949/7 "2002-12-02T14:36:38Z")
[Dex Debunks Bible Code](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbiblecode.html). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bible-code-is-it-a-load-of-bollocks/139949/8 "2002-12-02T15:23:13Z")
Bollocks the size of bullock, bubbi!