Re: PI In the Bible (Oh no! Not again!)

From: John Clark (jonkc@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Oct 20 2000 - 10:36:23 MDT


Fraser Orr <ifo@xnet.com> Wrote:

>the simple fact is that it is a matter of fact statement, from
>which we would expect little precision

That very obviously is untrue, as this very conversation demonstrates
some people expected a great deal of precision from this particular
author, being omniscient I would have thought He already knew this, but
apparently not.

>the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a round object
>is not always pi.

Then it's not round.

                      John K Clark jonkc@att.net



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