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  1. 06-22-2007, 10:37 PM #1
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    Grin So...literal interpreters of the Bible:

    I Kings 7:23-26

    He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high.
    It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. Below the rim, gourds encircled it - ten to a cubit.
    I don't think we have any literal interpreters of the Bible, but in any case this is in jest. Obviously they were pretty darn close to say pi = 3 (which is what the text implies).

    In any case, do literal interpreters of the Bible think pi = 3 ?
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    Hell yes! Sounds delicious.
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    Or had different guys measure it
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShlupQuack View Post
    Hell yes! Sounds delicious.
    What are you doing here?
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    There wasn’t enough room for dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark.
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    the writers of the bible figured that pi was 3 the mayan who were killed by christian missionaries got pi up to at least 10 places

    proven at last!!!!!!!!
    the bible was written by idiots!!!!!
    the "heathens" were smarter!!!
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    The concept of infinite decimal places is blasphemous, we musn't playing god
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    pi was known before the bible came along.
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    and then... the metric system foils God's great plan.

    Well that explains all the wickedness and evil in the world...


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    Quote Originally Posted by eestlinc View Post
    pi was known before the bible came along.
    but the bible supercedes all math, science, and anything else you got
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    A 2000 year old book supersedes science? Lol.
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    that's the joke...thanks for ruining it, you ruiner

    *pouts*
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    all's I'm saying is that a literal interpretation of the Bible is defeated by a simple quote about geometry...

    /shuffles off
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    Quote Originally Posted by Namelessfengir View Post
    the writers of the bible figured that pi was 3 the mayan who were killed by christian missionaries got pi up to at least 10 places

    proven at last!!!!!!!!
    the bible was written by idiots!!!!!
    the "heathens" were smarter!!!
    lol
    Well duh, look at what the Muslims invented.
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