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Talk:Counterexamples to the Bible (view source)
Revision as of 14:34, November 13, 2011
, 14:34, November 13, 2011Added biblical pi
==A mathematical counterexample to the Bible==
In 1 Kings 7:23
"And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about."
"Round all about" shows us that the molten sea was a circle. The circumference of a circle is: Circumference = pi x diameter. And rearranging to get pi: pi = circumference/diameter
In this passage, the circumference is 30 cubits and the diameter is 10 cubits. Therefore pi = 30/10 = 3.0
Mathematics has shown us that pi = 3.14 to three significant figures, NOT 3.0. Therefore, this is a mistake in the Bible. A concession to the times, where little was known about mathematics. --[[User:Samsonnn|Samsonnn]] 09:34, 13 November 2011 (EST)
== No counterexamples to the Bible? ==
== No counterexamples to the Bible? ==