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pink sasquatch
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01-18-2005 5:23 PM 		Reply to: Message 17 by LDSdude
01-18-2005 4:47 PM

pi = 3?
LDS: Go ahead, give me something. Tell me something that takes place in the bible that physics and other natural forces of nature could not do. Seriously, I'll take you on on this.
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Let's start with a simple matter of geometry:
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Chronicles II 4:2
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.
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Thus, according to the Bible, pi = 3. Hopefully you see the problem with this.
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Once you explain this away, we can tackle other scientific problems with the Bible, such as its claims that hares are ruminants or that the moon produces light.
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pink sasquatch
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01-21-2005 11:14 AM 		Reply to: Message 25 by LDSdude
01-20-2005 8:59 PM

so you've changed your argument then?
First: Go ahead, give me something. Tell me something that takes place in the bible that physics and other natural forces of nature could not do. Seriously, I'll take you on on this.
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Then after several examples are given:
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Oh my heck, you guys. THE BIBLE IS A SPIRITUAL MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO WILL SINCERELY LISTEN. IT IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC ALMANAC!
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So I'm assuming you're taking back your statement that there is nothing "in the bible that physics and other natural forces of nature could not do?"
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Remember, the bible was written for the people of the day, and us. So the writers had to make it understandable to both peoples. Do you expect the bible to read- Pi equals therefore three and one tenth and four hundredths with five thousandths and....
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Isn't the Bible God's word? Shouldn't He know the value of pi at least to two decimal places?
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You've simple proved a certain point: The Bible wasn't written "for the people of the day", it was written "by the people of the day", with the knowledge they had.
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Can you come up with an example of something in the Bible that the people of the time couldn't have known given their knowledge base? I don't mean prophecy, I mean things that would be completely out of their realm of knowledge.
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That would be interesting evidence for God's hand in the writing of the Bible.
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