The original post was merely a way of evoking discussion. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
However...playing the numbers game with Daniel isn't a recommended way to prove or disprove anything...other than if you add and subtract numbers together, you end up with other numbers.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I've seen more interpretations of Daniel than you can shake a proverbial stick at, all of them hopeful, all of them forced to prove a particular interpretation...and not a single consensus agreement between any of them...other than if you add and subtract numbers you end up with different numbers.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
And then we have in our membership the scholar of Hebrew and Mathematics, Bob X, who has many written various crushing analyses of the Book of Daniel.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
However...playing the numbers game with Daniel isn't a recommended way to prove or disprove anything...other than if you add and subtract numbers together, you end up with other numbers.
I've seen more interpretations of Daniel than you can shake a proverbial stick at, all of them hopeful, all of them forced to prove a particular interpretation...and not a single consensus agreement between any of them...other than if you add and subtract numbers you end up with different numbers.
And then we have in our membership the scholar of Hebrew and Mathematics, Bob X, who has many written various crushing analyses of the Book of Daniel.