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Line 24: − − ==Controversy== − − The original definition of Pi is generally known to have originated from 1 Kings 7:23-26 in the [[Old Testament]]: − − {{Cquote|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. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea. The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.|1 Kings 7:23-26}} − − [[Biblical evidence]] dictates the value of Pi to be 3 (30/10). However, the computational value of Pi has been a subject of great controversy.<ref>http://www.uwgb.edu/DutchS/pseudosc/pibible.htm</ref> Although the [[liberal]] scientific community prefers to use the approximate value of 3.141592654 in its computations, there is little consensus as to where this falsified value has originated. Moreover, there exists no mathematical proof to undermine the assumption that Pi is 3.141592654 and not simply 3. − − [[Creationist]] scientists have long argued that the [[fact|factual]] value of Pi (as 3) reflects profoundly on the nature of [[God]] and the intricate logic and care with which the [[world]] has been [[Intelligent Design|intelligently designed]]. The number 3 is widely seen as a parallel to the [[Trinity|holy trinity]] and the [[triumvirate]]. − − 3 is accepted by the [[Young Earth]] Society as the true ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle. Many [[conservatives]] believe that the entire body of [[science]] will have to be reconsidered at its fundamental level to better correspond to [[God]]'s masterplan, as laid out in the [[Holy Bible]].
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Pi Approximation day is a similar holiday, celebrated on July 22 (from the approximation 22/7). [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/mathscience/2007-03-14-pi-day_N.htm]
Pi Approximation day is a similar holiday, celebrated on July 22 (from the approximation 22/7). [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/mathscience/2007-03-14-pi-day_N.htm]
==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==