Today I learned that the Bible claims π = 3
 

Here is a cool picture to help understand what its describing:

https://dwillis1957.files.wordpress....1/pi.jpg?w=497

It's saying the diameter of the circle at the surface is 10 cubits, and that the circumference of the circle is 30 cubits. (The 5 cubits is the depth, but that's irrelevant.)

So, according to this, the ratio of the circle's circumference to its diameter is 30/10 = 3.

However, its been known for a long time that the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is 3.14159... (it's an irrational number, the decimals continue forever without any pattern).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#History

I found this fascinating, and I hope you did too.

I see this as further proof that the bible was written by man, not inspired by god.

Religious folks have come up with a bunch of explanations to get around this. I'm expecting Veritas to come in with one. So, V - at least concede that this is further proof that the obvious interpretation of the bible isn't always the correct one, and that we should let science/reason guide us towards a correct interpretation.

So this how we will be spending Friday here at Netcees huh. Veritas to thread. Let's get the show started.

Roflz

And ur wrong lol.

"ten cubits from the one brim to the other" = Length

"and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about." = diameter

So...God built it? Or did Hiram out of Tyre?

I think it was brienne of tarth

I legit don't understand anything itt.

Repped

@Dominate

I would think "round about" means approximate.


Either way who cares, the original text was not penned in English and has been translated numerous times, possibly wrong. God can suck my cock

Lmao sheesh was the last part nec? Good grief.

Lmao

@Dominate

@Strikta

u may have these reps.

@Dominate

You're wrong. Google it. But even if you were right, that would mean pi = 1/3, which is even further away from being correct.

V, the problem is not with the workmanship, it's with the description which is supposedly divinely inspired and therefore should be 100% accurate. The description is of a circle with a circumference to diameter ratio of 3, which is mathematically impossible.

To suggest that the figures are somehow wrong, is to assume the vessel was perfectly round, which the Bible does not state.

Reading bible is awesome help ya life get better

This.

But also:


Did God built it or did the man Solomon hire @Dominate ?

Like an ellipse, perhaps?

Sure, that's one out. But look at how much detail there is describing every last thing in the preceding and succeeding verses. It'd be out of place for the shape to be something else and not be better described, IMO. "Round all about" would be assumed to be a circle without further detail. For example, an ellipse would need two measurements across, so it might say ten cubits from one brim to the other in one direction, and five cubits from one brim to the other in the other.

But even if it wasn't meant to be a circle, it's unclear from the description given, so it goes back to my point - science/reason is sometimes required to interpret the bible correctly.

V I already addressed your point in my last post.

There's actually a simpler explanation.
Since this wasn't an engineer's report, nobody thought that exact measurement was necessary.

yooooo, who wrote new testament=torah fanfic? come get this rep

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@Dominate

Did God build it or did a man?

bb did

How was this last stay at the psych ward?

Still claiming my tags. Shame on u mustachio.

V - is the Bible God's word or man's?

Did the Bible say that God built it or that a man did?

Straining a nat and swallowing a camel

the fuck.

@Dominate

@Nigger Jim

Did the Bible say the God built it or did man?
@Dominate

Is the bible god's word or man's? @Nigger Jim

Once again, you answer me first. Because I asked you first.

Did the Bible say God built it>? Or did it say that Solomon hired a man to build it?
@Dominate

jesus, this is boring
stop with your bullshit proselytizing, V
go to like a bible board or something you fucking weirdo