Comments on: When Alabama Redefined Pi and Other Unscientific Urban Legends

By: ted

ted — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:19:19 +0000

King James Version should never be taken as an authority as to what the Bible actually says, since it is not necessarily an accurate translation.

By: Pudifoot

Pudifoot — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:02:50 +0000

I prefer Indiana Pi.

too obscure? :-/

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:39:56 +0000

I'm more of cake man myself...*ba dump tish!*

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:07:02 +0000

The King James Version said it was "round in compass", as I recall. But it didn't say to what precision the numbers 10 and 30 were given; if they were simply rounded off to the nearest cubit the vessel could have been circular and the measurements correct (though not exact).

By: Radin

Radin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:45:52 +0000

Here's why everyone thought it was three: the Bible never said what shape the bowl was! It could've been an oval, a square, or a triangle for any matter. "Across" isn't the same as "diameter" and "around" isn't the same as "circumference".