Charles Dike

Charles E. Dike joined the Navy to see the world. That got old pretty fast so he joined the Church and got a BSEE at BYU (1977), then while raising a family, he completed an MSEE (1984). He spent roughly 35 years in design and research of integrated circuits. Much of his later work entailed on-chip security for microprocessors. Charles retired in 2014 and has been exploring technical details in scriptures since then with his primary focus on the Book of Mormon.

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Through a Glass Darkly: Was There a Twentieth-Century Corruption of 1 Corinthians 13:12?

by Charles Dike | undefined 64 | 03-28-2025

Abstract: This paper considers the well-known account of Paul having been struck blind on the road to Damascus and his equally well-known statement that “for now we see through a glass darkly.” Both are examined in light of a solar eclipse that occurred across the Mediterranean in AD 49. It is possible that Paul could […]

A Comet, Christ’s Birth, and Josephus’s Lunar Eclipse

by Charles Dike | undefined 52 | 08-12-2022

Abstract: A comet seen by the Chinese in 5 bc has been considered by some authors as a possibility for the Star of Bethlehem. This article starts with that premise and argues that Book of Mormon evidences reinforce that likelihood. The comet path can account for all events surrounding the Star of Bethlehem. Based on typologies […]

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