This work touches only on the tip of the iceberg in the amazing and saddening phenomenon of the ``bible code'' activity. The phenomenon is not so much about science or religion as it is about unlimited human ambition. I didn't touch at all the question of whether WRR proposed a genuine scientific phenomenon or theory and what should have been the right reaction of the scientific community to start with.
I always regarded Ilya Rips' claims that there is some hidden text in the bible as absurd yet harmless. The endorsement of Rips' work by quite a few mathematicians, the silence of the mathematical community at large, and Rips' and others use of these ``codes'' to gain historical and political insights changed matters.
My direct involvement was motivated by the recent publications which demonstrated that these codes can be quite harmful. In fact, it is quite possible that the ``code'' which was claimed to have ``predicted'' Rabin's assassination has been used for incitement or self-incitement against the late prime minister. The ``objective'', ``scientific'' recognition of this work makes these ``bible codes'' especially dangerous.