uh oh, the bible was wrong?

Question

i kings 7:23 -- 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.


this means, according to the bible, the ratio between circumference and diameter commonly referred to as π (pi) is 30/10 = 3, not the mathematically proven value of 3.141592654...

so, if the bible -- the word of god -- was wrong, was god wrong? or do people just suck at writing it down? and what does this say about the credability of the bible?

Answer 1

I figured that out after the talking snake part. It became glaring after the donkey talked too.

Answer 2

Measuring lines were made in multiples of 10 - a 10 cubit line, a 20 cubit line, etc. Since a cubit is less than 2 feet, and the actual circumference was about 31 cubits, a 30 cubit line would have provided a perfectly adequate measurement of the circumference, just as the text states. Note that it does not say the circumference was 30 cubits - only that a 30 cubit line was needed to take a measurement. You really need to find a hobby.

Answer 3

Actually, it is very close...

It really depends on how long a cubit is...

Most believe it is between to 17 to 22 inches

As most measurements at the time were made with sticks, if they used a stick that measured 17", they would be within 2 feet of measuring a 44-1/2 foot circle.

So even you are wrong with your ratio theory...

Answer 4

Although the Bible contains reliable information about every academic discipline there is about God, mankind and the universe that He made, its not a book specializing in astronomy, biology, mathematics, the best socio-economic theory, or even history. No, its a book about God's story of redeeming mankind through history. It's infallibility involves its message from God, or His-story; not necessarily every exact detail in it, unless the details are of course absolutely of necessity in order to convey to its message, such as with the fulfillment of over 300 prophecies (i.e., the betrayal price of 30 shekels of silver) in the Old Testament about the historical accounts of the coming of Jesus Christ as the suffering servant Messiah. Even you will find differences with the reports of authors in some of its books (i.e., the Apostle Paul in Galatians says the Law was introduced 430 years after God made His promises to Abraham, whereas in 1 Chronicles the author states that it was only 420 years.) I suppose one rounded the years off to the highest number on an interval of 10 years, and the other the lowest? This appears to be the case. Who knows. But, the message is delivered accurately, though not imposed on or by a Western literature standard of accuracy, which we appear to have inherited from our painstakingly perfectionistic Western ancestry, starting with the golden age of classical Greece. So, all the more with your question. It certainly was important for the architectural engineer to get it exactly right for the Solomonic Temple to be sturdily and properly built, but not the author of 1 Kings. This is apparently an estimation, possibly for the sake of the author's readers, whom the overwhelming majority wouldn't have the foggiest notion of what you were talking about! Your exact mathematics are not the issue here, nor relevant or important to the readers. Again, it's the message about the vastness of the Solomonic Temple that's important to convey to the readers, same concerning the issue of years between the Abrahamic promise and the Mosaic Law.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The exact value of pi is infinite, therefore it is completely unreasonable for you to expect it to be in the Bible. Didn't you learn about rounding numbers in elementary school?

Answer 7

It just means someone forgot the tape measure when they were measuring the diameter of God's "flying saucer..."

Answer 8

oh, geez...not another trying to prove the bible isnt true lol

Answer 9

what Bob said!

Answer 10

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the bible and it is very credible!