(December 30, 2014 at 8:53 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(December 30, 2014 at 7:41 am)Godschild Wrote: Pi is an imperfect number, why would God use it.
GC
Wrong. It describes the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter perfectly.
Yet, your allegedly all-knowing god has written into his divinely-inspired book that this circle was built giving pi a value of three. Ignorance of fine measurements and decimal math is exactly what we'd expect from a bunch of ignorant goatherders -- not an omniscient god.
When you consider all the scientific illiteracy in the Bible, it follows that the Bible is the "Word" of the goatherder and not the deity.
The Bible isn't meant as a book of science, it in no way teaches science, it is however a book explaining what go has done by His choices.
God did not say that pi=3, nor did the man who penned the verse. Have you ever seen the molten sea? Do you know what a cubit is and the possibilities of error it presents in a common number. Many mathematical experts say it was common practice in ancient times to round up or down numbers. We actually do that most often today unless we need to give a very specific answer and thus pi= 3.1416 rounded down is 3. Lets see what 30 divided by pi is 9.549, rounded up is what, 10.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.