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Originally posted by royalchicken
Kings I, 7:23. "And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from one brim to the other, and it was round all about...and a line of thirty cubits did compass round it about." This implies that the biblical pi is 3.

wow! i never knew that, thanks for that piece of information

Originally posted by royalchicken
The Bible also said that pi = 3.

You seem to be assuming the space involved was Euclidean 😛

Originally posted by Acolyte
You seem to be assuming the space involved was Euclidean 😛

Yes...it does help. But maybe I shouldn't assume this. After all, all of this was pre-Euclid.

EDIT: Acolyte, we can both say, to any degree of accuracy within computational practicality, what the error is there. So tell me, to a nicety, how many commandments I must obey if everything in the Bible is as accurate as the value of pi?

Originally posted by royalchicken
Yes...it does help. But maybe I shouldn't assume this. After all, all of this was pre-Euclid.

EDIT: Acolyte, we can both say, to any degree of accuracy within computational practicality, what the error is there. So tell me, to a nicety, how many commandments I must obey if everything in the Bible is as accurate as the value of pi?

The majority of Christians in Britain, including priests, believe that not every passage in the Bible is meant to be taken literally, but some bits 'obviously' should, like the Ten Commandments. I don't know how widespread this view is in the US.

Another strange example of numbers in the Bible: Jesus dies on Friday evening, and is resurrected on Sunday morning, perhaps 36 hours later. So why is it said in hymns that he was dead for three days?

Originally posted by Acolyte
The majority of Christians in Britain, including priests, believe that not every passage in the Bible is meant to be taken literally, but some bits 'obviously' should, like the Ten Commandments. I don't know how widespread this view is in the US.

Another strange example of numbers in the Bible: Jesus dies on Friday evening, and is resurrected on Sunday morning, perhaps 36 hours later. So why is it said in hymns that he was dead for three days?

I do believe the Bible should be read literally, but also in a comprehensive manner. What I mean by this is reading just one sentence or paragraph often doesn't convey the point and can be misused (*cough*-televised bible sermons-*cough*). A good example is the book of Job. My greatest reason for thinking this is thus: If God is all powerful, don't you think he can control the wording in his book?

I've actually never had this question about the days Jesus was dead posed to me. I will look into it, but it would be helpful if you could give me references to work with. Only if you actually want me to see if there is an answer. Good question. 🙂

Originally posted by True Genius
Yes, I live on this planet..I have limited myself to watching the news so I don't get depressed..sounds like you should too!

u mad person. It's not as if ur gonna die from depression.

Originally posted by royalchicken
Yes...it does help. But maybe I shouldn't assume this. After all, all of this was pre-Euclid.

EDIT: Acolyte, we can both say, to any degree of accuracy within computational practicality, what the error is there. So tell me, to a nicety, how many commandments I must obey if everything in the Bible is as accurate as the value of pi?

Based upon a mathmatical difference slightly greater than 0.14 (in BC times) you question the entirety of the Bible? 😲
Perhaps it was expressed in the original hebrew, but I don't see the importance of a mathmatical computation into the decimal points. 😕

Originally posted by Omnislash
Based upon a mathmatical difference slightly greater than 0.14 (in BC times) you question the entirety of the Bible? 😲
Perhaps it was expressed in the original hebrew, but I don't see the importance of a mathmatical computation into the decimal points. 😕

Why do so many intelligent people develop an undersized sense of humour when religion comes up?

I question the entirety of everything.

Originally posted by CFC
u mad person. It's not as if ur gonna die from depression.

many people commit suicide from depression 😠

Originally posted by Acolyte
So why is it said in hymns that he was dead for three days?

No idea. I think your question was interesting. I respect God according to who he has on his side. A few hundred years ago, when he talked through Raphael and Bach, I probably would have been in awe of whatever god was put in front of me. Now, when he talks through Jerry Falwell and "folk" masses, I am less impressed.

EDIT: Which is not to say I really believe in any god in the sense provided by any major religion.

Originally posted by royalchicken
No idea. I think your question was interesting. I respect God according to who he has on his side. A few hundred years ago, when he talked through Raphael and Bach, I probably would have been in awe of whatever god was put in front of me. Now, when he talks through Jerry Falwell and "folk" masses, I am less impressed.

EDIT: Which is not to say I really believe in any god in the sense provided by any major religion.

I might have been that the tools they had to tell time werent as pricise as the ones we have today, it was over 2000 years ago.

I dont like the "TV" preists, they dont seem to have any sense of Holyness and I dont think God talks thro them because they are only in it for profit.
If you can find a Orthodox Church in your area and go to it one Sunday I'm sure you will be alot more impressed.