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In the Beginning was Information: Aspects of Information as Found in the Bible (Ch 14)
AiG ^ | May 28, 2009 | Dr. Werner Gitt

Posted on 05/30/2009 9:54:56 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts

In the Beginning was Information: Aspects of Information as Found in the Bible (Ch 14)

by Dr. Werner Gitt

14.1 God as Sender—Man as Recipient

The five aspects of information—statistics, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and apobetics—were discussed in chapter 4, and it was stated that all five are indispensable for both the sender and the recipient. It is highly instructive to view the Bible in this way...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: apologetics; catholic; christian; creation; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; intelligentdesign; moralabsolutes; science; stfu
For those who missed Chapters 1-13 of this absolutely fascinating series see:

Chapter 1: Preliminary Remarks about the Concept of Information

Chapter 2: Principles of Laws of Nature

Chapter 3: Information Is a Fundamental Entity

Chapter 4: The Five Levels of the Information Concept

Chapter 5: Delineation of the Information Concept

Chapter 6: Information in Living Organisms

Chapter 7: The Three Forms in which Information Appears

Chapter 8: Three Kinds of Transmitted Information

Chapter 9: The Quality and Usefulness of Information

Chapter 10: Some Quantitative Evaluations of Semantics

Chapter 11: Questions Often Asked about the Information Concept

Chapter 12: Life Requires a Source of Information

Chapter 13: The Quality and Usefulness of Biblical Information

(Stay tuned for Chapter 15)

1 posted on 05/30/2009 9:54:56 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: editor-surveyor; metmom; Alamo-Girl; betty boop; GourmetDan; MrB; valkyry1; DaveLoneRanger; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 05/30/2009 9:55:47 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

Thanks for the ping!


3 posted on 05/30/2009 10:14:40 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: GodGunsGuts

Creation has a client/server architecture? Cool!


4 posted on 05/30/2009 10:33:28 AM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (1st call: Abbas. 1st interview: Al Arabiya. 1st energy decision: halt drilling in UT. Arabs 1st!)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Fools.


5 posted on 05/30/2009 10:36:31 AM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: GodGunsGuts
For my high school students, I have translated the five properties of information to:


6 posted on 05/30/2009 11:01:16 AM PDT by LiteKeeper (When do the impeachment proceedings begin?)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Does this only work for the Bible or other books too, such as the Koran.


7 posted on 05/30/2009 11:03:00 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: GodGunsGuts
Very good article!

It's worth a minor footnote that answers to prayers may be delayed by interference.

Then he said to me, "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia, and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter days. For the vision is for days yet to come." Daniel 10:12-14.


8 posted on 05/30/2009 11:24:13 AM PDT by DallasMike
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To: DallasMike

Excellent observation, DM! Thanks for that!!!


9 posted on 05/30/2009 12:12:48 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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