ctrl y Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 (edited) Have any of you guys seen the "Bible Wheel" yet? Some idiot noticed that there are 66 books in the bible and 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, so he wrapped the books of the bible into three concentric "wheels". He's started looking for connections among the books located on each spoke, often through some pretty tortured reasoning. If you're interested in reading what he's written, you can go here: http://www.biblewheel.com/ Normally, I would just ignore something this stupid. But, the evangelistic Christians have begun using this a lot to "prove" that the Bible was written by God , and it's getting irksome. I don't really care about getting them to admit they're wrong (I know they won't), but I do want to be able to make it obvious that you can find patterns in any book of that size. I'm planning to do a parody of the Bible Wheel based on OPAR. I call it the Ayn Rand wheel. My premise is that there are 12 chapters in the book, with 54 subheadings total (I counted). Both 12 and 54 are multiples of 6, which is equal to the number of virtues Rand espoused (independence, integrity, honesty, justice, productiveness, and pride). I'm wrapping the chapters into a wheel of two concentric circles, and heading each spoke with one of the virtues in the order they're mentioned in the book. Here's how it comes out: Spoke 1 (independence) Ch 1: Reality Ch 7: The Good Spoke 2 (integrity) Ch 2: Sense perception and Volition Ch 8: Virtue Spoke 3 (honesty) Ch 3: Concept formation Ch 9: Happiness Spoke 4 (justice) Ch 4: Objectivity Ch 10: Government Spoke 5 (productiveness) Ch 5: Reason Ch 11: Capitalism Spoke 6 (pride) Ch 6: Man Ch 12: Art Now, I can see a lot of associations that could be made among these even with my beginner's understanding of Objectivism. Spoke 5, for example, lists reason and capitalism under productiveness. Rand saw capitalism as the only form of government that could come from reason, and the most productive. However, I'm sure you guys, knowing so much more about objectivism, will be able to find tons of stuff I can use. My thanks go out to anyone who participates in this. Edited September 23, 2007 by ctrl y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y_feldblum Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Of course, Ayn Rand also espoused the virtue of rationality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrl y Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Of course, Ayn Rand also espoused the virtue of rationality. Okay, fair enough. I'm just using the ones that warranted subheadings in the "Virtue" chapter, here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aequalsa Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Okay, fair enough. I'm just using the ones that warranted subheadings in the "Virtue" chapter, here. Conveniently for your wheel though, in hierarchical terms, it is centrally located to the other six as they are dependent upon it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMR Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 I call it the Ayn Rand wheel. It's time to play America's favorite game: Wheel of Reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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