The "scientific" evidence offered that God put his stamp into our DNA with the message - God Eternal... is actually not scientific at all. It is occultish... for example: God's name is cut in half to get the "right" number to fit into Greg Braden's equation using numerology or as he refers to it, the ancient science of numbers associated with the hebrew alphabet. Why not Aramaic which is the language Jesus spoke?

Not one true scientific group would pass the "hard evidence" as proof of his theory. It is just reversed engineered with lots of distracting stories taken from all over the place trying to be passed off as information to back up his claim. Several contradictions.

Would not take it seriously but if you want an interesting read... Oh..., by the way, attended his lecture on this book and interestingly enough, Gregg Braden stated that only established people on the top of Maslow's Hierarchy can understand and discuss these concepts. The question now is... are you one of them?


The God Code...But who was God?   February 10, 2004
 27 out of 33 found this review helpful

Existing reviews of this book seem to polarise to the Christian believers in God and his creation OR the Scientific, non religious debunkers. Surely there is more scope to it than this. The book is not 'pseudo-science'. It has a plausible and testable hypothesis that should cause any of scientific mind to stop criticising and start analysing. Similarly, the book does not necessarily imply that a 'christian type' God created all. I see nothing in this book which demands that the creator be a deity or universal creator. In fact, it leads me to another conclusion that both religious and scientific types should take note of. It is clear (and many other scientists/authors/researchers point to this) that, in our past,humanity was genetically created by some being/person present on Earth at that time. These beings clearly came from off this planet and, in seeding humanity, using a greater understanding of chemistry and DNA than we have today,became the subject of legend and religion, together with their science.
This book insights a new aspect of the alchemy/chemistry, the previous absence of which has caused conclusive proof of the above suggestion to be missed. Maybe this will now change. Read the work of famous chemist Peter Plichta in conjunction with this book and prepare to have your world view changed. There are so many scientist writers out there who have not taken the trouble to educate themselves with the implications of number theory and its apparent/proveable association with ancient alchemical writings (including the Cabbala..subject of this book)that they do themselves and everybody else a great dis-service in condemning such writing as 'pseudo science'when it is clearly they who are the 'pseudo-scientists'. (Search Peter Plichta on this site!)
Gregg Braden has written an interesting book here, but flawed insofar as he has left himself wide open to criticism concerning lack of detail/clarity.(I found two 'typo' errors in tables and descriptions which create incorrect understanding if not spotted..In the Tree of Life Diagram, for example, Keter is detailed twice, altering the entire meaning of the diagram.He also refers to the 'Fourth letter of the alphabet' when he means the 3rd, in one place)Too much time spent on persuading us that the implications are vast and not enough time on putting over the point in a convincing and testable manner, for the layperson. He did point out that he avoided a technical manual and inserted notes in the back, but the lack of these notes, and more, in the text makes for too light a read, on what is, after all, an immense subject.
That said, this is a must! The world is changing as we learn more about our history. If we get caught up in the void between myopic religious believers and the scientific debunkers who have not woken up to the true origins and nature of our science, then such important books as this are doomed to remain crushed in the middle. Buy this book and share it. The world could be a better place. And, if Bradens work passes peer review,it probably will be.


pseudoscientific rubbish   January 29, 2004
 52 out of 96 found this review helpful

I have no idea why Amazon has this book on its Science Books page. This is just silly numerology, there is absolutely nothing scientific about it. Probably based on the ridiculous but popular book THE BIBLE CODE of a few years ago, this author decided to go one better --what if the sequence of DNA spelled out the name of God? Wow, awesome, dude! The idea, apparently, is to rescue theism from the evil clutches of secular science, which discovered DNA, a key mechanism of evolution, by "discovering" that God carved his initials, so to speak, on the strand. This revelation is somehow supposed to make us feel hopeful, but it seems to me that if God intentionally created humans and human nature as it is, He has a lot to answer for. (See Mark Twain's LETTERS FROM THE EARTH for a hilarious examination of the contradictions of Biblical theodicy.)

I suppose most New Age writing is harmless enough -- it's well-intentioned, it wants peace and love. I just find it incredibly annoying that the boundaries get blurred between metaphysical speculation and actual science. I think this sort of thing actually makes people less smart, and that worries me. Then again, being smart and being good, loving and kind are not the same, so perhaps I should let go of my annoyance.

But, if you're looking for scientifically-based hopefulness, check out Daniel Dennett's FREEDOM EVOLVES or Michael Shermer's new one THE SCIENCE OF GOOD AND EVIL, or Robert Axelrod's pioneering THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION. If you're looking for Biblically-based hopefulness, I suggest reading the "Sermon on the Mount" and hoping that all self-professed Christians will soon take it to heart instead of supporting the latest bloody war on heathen unbelievers. If you are a theistic opponent of modern science, you don't really need God's name carved in the DNA strand, now do you? In all seriousness, save yourself the money and do not encourage such nonsense.


A Transmission From *Inner* Space?   January 25, 2004
 37 out of 49 found this review helpful

What would happen if the Earth were to receive a transmission from outer space? What if someone--or something--had a message for humankind? How would it affect humanity to know we are not alone?

What if there was indeed a message being communicated to humanity, but it was imbedded in a form much closer to home? In fact, what if there was a message within the DNA of every man, woman and child on the Earth?

A result of 12 years of research, The God Code is a fascinating new book by Gregg Braden that boldly proclaims that not only is there a message encoded in our DNA, but also that this chemical message is the ancient name of God.

Using a portion of the ancient Kabbalah known as the Sepher Yetzirah, Braden explains that each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet has a corresponding numerical value. The Sepher Yetzirah is considered a meditative text that contains mysterious alchemical language.

Citing numbers as the universal language that aids in comparing "apples to apples", Braden correlates these numeric values with the ancient name for God, the elements of fire, water, air, and earth, and the atomic mass of hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon--the very elements that make up our DNA.

The result?

"The key to translating the code of DNA into meaningful language is to apply the discovery that converts elements to letters. Based upon their matching values, hydrogen becomes the Hebrew letter Yod (Y), nitrogen becomes the letter Hey (H), oxygen becomes the letter Vav (V), and carbon becomes Gimel (G). These substitutions now reveal that the ancient form of God's name, YH, exists as the literal chemistry of our genetic code. Through this bridge between God's name and the elements of modern science, it now becomes possible to reveal the full mystery and find even greater meaning in the ancient code that lives as each cell of our bodies."

Our DNA may then be read literally as a translatable alphabet within each of our cells. What are the odds of these four Hebrew letters randomly creating a meaningful message? Only 1 in 234,256.

Einstein once said: "My comprehension of God comes from the deeply felt conviction of a superior intelligence that reveals itself in the knowable world." Other brilliant minds have also echoed the concept of "intelligent design". With the discovery of the "God code", we now know that God has left a calling card within our very DNA. When decoded, this message reads "God/Eternal, within the body". This certainly introduces a new spin on the ancient spiritual truths of "look within" and "know thyself"!

So what does it all mean? We are here by design-by an intentional act of creation. And, we are all connected by this amazing message shared within our DNA. 95% of the Earth's population believes in God, and the "God code" proves our common ancestry and connection to one another. In fact, the name of God not only correlates numerically in Hebrew, but also in Arabic! Braden says "...the code carries the same message of possibility and hope to the three religions that account for over one-half of the world's population: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity."

This brings me to the entire point of Braden's book: 80 million children, women, and men were lost to violence based in ethnic, religious and philosophical conflicts just in the last century. This is more than the lives lost through natural disasters and AIDS combined during the same time period. We are faced with the mid-century projected collapse of the Earth's ecosystem, the largest build up of weapons and military forces since WWII, and drug resistant diseases. Nearly 1/3 of the world's nations are engaged in armed conflict. Humanity is the greatest threat to our future.

Einstein also said that a problem cannot be solved with the same thinking that created it. Braden hopes that his 12 years of research pays off with mankind realizing that we can transcend the differences that threaten to obliterate us by having a shared vision. Instead of waiting for a unifying disaster like September 11th, the God code could serve as a starting point for unity.

Citing examples of humanity's courage, goodness, and kindness, Braden believes that this is truly our "natural state". He also explains that periods of chaos is what leads to the establishment of new patterns. Change is a form of chaos, and for humanity to heal the beliefs that has led us to think our differences are intolerable, three things must be present: (From the book)

1. We must be willing to change
2. We must believe that the change is worth making.
3. We must believe that change is possible.

Braden is very hopeful, believing that history shows our willingness to change is our basic nature, and the escalating threats to our survival provide a worthwhile reason to change. That leaves the notion of believing that change is possible:

"Although the literal text of the message 'God/Eternal within the body' will undoubtedly be subject to various interpretations, the fact that the message exists at all speaks volumes. Regardless of 'who' or 'what' we believe is the source of our genetic code, the tremendous degree of order implied by the message says that something else is 'out there'. This reminds us that we're part of a bigger picture, and perhaps a bigger plan. For these reasons, the message in our bodies is unprecedented in its role of providing a platform of common ground in the resolution of our differences."

For humanity's sake, I truly hope Braden is right.


God Does Work in Mysterious Ways   January 9, 2004
 28 out of 52 found this review helpful

I stumbled upon this book quite by accident while browsing a book store trying to find something to spend my Christmas gift card on. Is it surprising that our Creator wrote his name in the very DNA of his creation? Well, it would be very surprising to people dumb enough to believe that there is no God. Much of the world has been deceived by the theory of evolution. Actually, evolution is a religion, since one has to believe in it solely on faith. It takes real faith to believe in evolution, since there is absolutely no real evidence to support it. Creationism, on the other hand, is overwhelmingly supported by science, math, and common sense. God's existence is self evident just by an observation of his handiwork. Gregg Braden, whom I was previously unaware of, has given the evolutionist atheists a real challenge. I can't wait to see one of them write a review of The God Code and tell us how Braden's research findings are all wrong. Let them tell us again how life resulted from a happy accident in that "soup" they claim the first "spark of life" came from. Even if the right combination of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon came together at just the right place and time, the odds against life resulting, flourishing, and developing from it are far beyond astronomical. There is still one ingredient missing, as Braden so insightfully points out. The missing ingredient is "the breath of God." Yes, folks, we are the result of God's creation. That may seem to be impossible and unbelievable to many people, but once you understand the FACT that evolution (as opposed to adaptation) is impossble, it becomes clear that there is only one other possible explanation for how we and our universe got here: Creation by a power and intelligence we cannot begin to comprehend. God IS omnipresent. He truly is everywhere. And his name, as Braden has amazingly and brilliantly proven, is written in every cell of every human being who ever lived. By the way, for those many who were led to believe that "Neanderthal man" was one of our human ancestors, along with other so called early hominids, Braden points out that Neanderthal's DNA is NOT a match for humans. Read this book. It will be a life changing experience, even for those of us who already knew that we are here because of the handiwork of our Creator God.