"Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about." - 1 Kings 7:23
Now that implies value of Pi to be 3 exactly. Now if you're going to take bible literally, won't this little error mess up large calculations?
For example, in calculating circumference of earth...
The fact is, Earth's circumference is 40008 km approximately.
The diameter is 12,756 km.
NOW, If you go by Biblical value of Pi, if we take it literally...
The formula,
c = d * pi
Hence, c = 12756 * 3
The biblical answer would be = 38268.
Huge difference! Totally incorrect. The actual answer is 40008 km, with minute approximation.
So, would you still like to use bible literally?
Or maybe atleast call it an allegory to avoid the real embarrasment in Math classes.
2007-06-09
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