A new apologetic for PI
Brian Dean bridean@worldnet.att.net
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:27:32 -0400 (00908530052, 19981016041118.TIVU27050@briandea)
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> PI in the Bible
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> Another Biblical mathematical code. This one reveals the number for PI.
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> 1 Kings 7:
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> 23 He [Solomon] made the Sea of cast metal,
> circular in shape, measuring
> ten cubits from rim to rim [diameter = 10]
> and five cubits high. It took a line of
> thirty cubits to measure around it. [circumference = 30]
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> Since circumference = PI x diameter as any elementary geometry book will
> tell you, but the Bible
> "seemingly" tells us that PI = 3. Since "this is obviously false,
therefore
> the Bible cannot be from God..." is
> how some people like to reason.
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*snip*
> ( 111 / 106 ) = ( 3.14150943... / 3 )
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> The real value: PI = 3.1415926...
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BRIDEAN
A better approximation of pi is 355/113 = 3.14159292... which was
used by the ancient greeks (I think). It is also easy to remember
because if you write down the first three odd numbers (113355) twice
and divide it in the middle, you get 113/355. Then just reverse the
numbers.
There are no fractions for pi that are any more accurate than 355/113
without involving integers that are five digits long.