Shalom,
Please don't take this post as an attack... merely a request to tighten-up your argument a bit. I may not be understanding your arithmetic and assumptions correctly.
1. 30 "binary" conditions give us 2^30. Just over a billion. I'm not sure how you get the smaller number of 431,696,000.
2. You say, "In His lifetime on earth there were a total of 300 of them." What are "them"? Prophesies? Once again 300 binary conditions give us 2^300 = 8^100, not 8^132.
3. If a prophecy is destined to be fulfilled, it is not an issue of "what are the odds" since destiny is... well... destiny. What are the odds of a normal window breaking when I accurately and forcefully throw a brick at it? Well, it might break, or it might not break. So the answer is 1 in 2. Clearly, the wrong answer.
4. If the prophecies were not necessarily destined to be fulfilled, and you are trying to show the magnitude of the miracle, then perhaps you should consider the "simple" solution. The stories of Jesus were written to fulfill the prophecies. Now hold on! before you start flaming me for this sentence. Have you at least considered this possible explanation? If so, then why did you reject it? Remember, I'm here not to do battle, but to understand.
Greg
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