Bible? Gematria? Kabbalah -- any relation to "Cabal"? Relevant intersection? Honest question time -- hatred toward anyone/ any belief system not warranted. We're all on a Spiritual Journey, and we wouldn't laugh at the person running any Marathon with the intent to better themselves/ run for a Good cause, even if they were in dead-last place. So anyways. Q has pushed this idea of "Think for yourself/ Knowledge is Power." Looking at our world, that certainly seems to be the case. So I've been asking a lot more questions, even if it may seem like a "stupid" question to someone else. I've recently brushed up against Gematria -- and with no prior knowledge I do find it.... interesting? Compelling? I'm unsure of the word to use.  Although I'm not sure why. More in a skeptical/mystical sense. What the is it? Where did it come from? What drives people(s') interest in it? What the is Kabbalah? Does it have any relevance to the world? If it does, did the "Cabal" misuse it for their own benefit, at the expense of everyone else? I'm not at all keen on the idea of religious zealots berating others/ other beliefs -- in fact, I find that it creates discord where none needs to exist. Having grown up loosely Methodist with an open mind, I've always thought that certain religions get little aspects of the Truth right. Most of the religions that have persisted through Time have had some sense of the Golden Rule embedded within -- which I'm inclined to believe is the Harmony piercing through the darkness & chaos that negative energy/evil brings. For example, the Eastern belief systems that show reverence for Cows -- one might think "What the hell?!" -- until they look at how Big Agriculture has destroyed large swaths of the Rainforest, where much of the Earth's Oxygen is produced. + many other environmental reasons to appreciate the few locally-grown/locally-butchered cattle, and a larger respect for food supply chains in general... (Surely, there are a thousand rabbit holes for us to follow -- but not enough time in the day to follow a small fraction of them.) I'll quit the thought-stream rambling for now, I'm just curious what others have to think.  Perhaps add resourced links if you have reason to believe anything Good/Bad about the above subjects, or my thoughts on them. Peace and Love, Y'all :)