These are the words of Bible code researcher Ed Sherman, a

professional mathematician for 26 years and a profound skeptic

on the whole subject of Bible codes until he investigated them for

himself.Once he began to look at the codes closely, he was

astonished at how compelling the supporting evidence was. In an

article (reprinted below) for the Digest on how his opinion was

changed by his research, he said, "Aren't there occasions when

being open minded is foolish? Two years ago I rejected that thought,

choosing to take on the scientific challenge of probing the whole matter.