Indiana Law also decreed pi=3. Seems as if non-repeating decimals (or
approximations) were considered superfluous. By the way, those
fundamentalists have found an out for the value of pi in Kings. You knew
they would!
for your amusement, the explanation is copied here:
Does the Bible contain a mathematical error?
I Kings 7:23-26 and II Chronicles 4:2-5 describe a huge brass bowl built by
King Solomon. If the diameter of this bowl was 10 cubits, then the
circumference should have been 31.415926...cubits, not just 30 cubits! Any
math student will tell you that the circumference of a circle is found by
taking the diameter times Pi (3..141592653589793...). This apparent
mathematical error caused me, as a new Christian, to doubt the accuracy of
the Bible.
The answer is so simple!
The diameter of 10 cubits is from outer rim to outer rim, the way anyone
would measure a circular object. The circumference of 30 cubits, however,
was of the inner circle, after subtracting the thickness of the brass (two
handbreadths-one for each side) from which the bowl was made. This would be
the number needed to calculate the volume of water.
Check for yourself.
Substitute the length of your cubit (elbow to longest fingertip) for the
letter C in the following formula, and solve for H.
30C / p + 2H = 10C
The width of your handbreadth will be the result. For example, my cubit is
20 inches long. If I had built the brass bowl, the outer diameter would have
a circumference of 600 inches (30 x 20 inches) and a diameter of 190.896
inches (600 inches / 3.14159). The difference between the two diameters is
9.014 inches (two of my handbreadths).
Rest assured God makes no mistakes, mathematical or otherwise. The
Scriptures do not contain error. By the way, Solomon built this sea in 1000
B.C., long before the Greeks rediscovered Pi (p). We may not understand some
things at first glance, but the problem is with us, not with the Bible.
Please be sure you are on the solid foundation of God's Word, saved by the
blood of Christ.
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[Brother Hicks' Note: The solution to this seeming error was very simple as
Dr. Hovind said. This is the same with ALL other "contradictions" and
"errors" in the King James Bible. (For reference see also Supposed
Translating Errors in the King James Bible and A Complete List of All the
Errors in the King James Bible.) Now as for there being errors in the new
"bibles," there are many in them, for they are the word of man and not the
word of God.]
----- Original Message -----
From: Musson, Roger MW <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: Summer Reading/Creationism
> The question "Can a Darwinian be a Christian?" seems pretty easy to
answer,
> since the teachings of Jesus relate to matters moral rather than matters
of
> science. I can't immediately think of any contradictions. One might as
well
> ask "Can a mathematician be a Christian?" - there is a potential conflict
> for fundamentalists since the Book of Kings gives the value of pi as 3.
>
> Roger Musson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Beunk [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 June 2001 14:39
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Summer Reading/Creationism
>
>
> Futher on both issues:
>
> The 17 May issue of 'Nature' (vol. 411, pp 239-240) has a favourable
review
> of two recent books:
> Michael Ruse (philosopher and biologist): 'Can a Darwinian be a Christian?
> The relationship between science and religion.' Cambridge Un. Press, 2000
> Arthur Peacocke (biochemist and theologian): 'Paths from Science towards
> God: The end of all our exploring.' Oneworld, 2001.
>
> Frank
>
>
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