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Bible math
Added on February 19th, 2014 by splodey | Report Post
Tags:Comic Books, Dark Humor, Math, Religion, Tom the Dancing Bug
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Ti-83 says that it’s 2499
The Bible says Pi equals three? So tired of hearing that one… www.purplemath.com/modules/bibleval.htm
As for the bit in Ezra, read it yourself. It’s quite clear the author did not add the aforementioned numbers. The final calculation was of “all” vessels.
And so it goes with most critiques of the Bible. Platitudinous complaints are thrown out that some people accept at face value, when any sort of thoughtful approach resolves them handily. If you’re eager to accept that the Bible is a heap of desert scribblings, you’ll devour any alleged incoherence. If you’re already convinced the God of the Bible is evil, you won’t even try to ponder the difficult passages in Scripture with reason and humility and find the truths therein.
I digress…
There are two ways to read that passage from first Kings: as inept documentation by a layman, or as the perfect word of an omnipotent being. I keep being told by Christians that the Bible is the latter.
You don’t need to presuppose the Bible is perfect and God-breathed to see why the “Pi = 3” claim is nonsense. I provided a pretty decent link right there. No supernatural claims included.
You did provide evidence to debunk them.
But the little brownshirt socialists will come and vote you down anyway. Can’t let people see they were wrong.
Apparently they missed the irony in down-voting you… lol, CLASSIC.
I’m so happy that Christians just say “the bible knew the science all along” instead of actually using the bible for doing “science”.
Ken Ham being the example I have in mind.
Interesting that its always the athiests that are proselytizing here…
Damn, you’re sharp. Eight years along and you’re just grasping that now, are ya?
MCS suffers no fools gladly.
At least we don’t go after children, old people, reta… old people.
Is this for religion or against it?
yea I’m confused as well, is the Pi apple or cherry?