Correct, to meet bucky boy's demands the whole rest of the bible and every book written since would have to be filled with all the decimal places because pi is an approximation to begin with.
Details, details......
You're right though. No matter how far out you calculated it, he'd demand to know why it wasn't taken to two decimal points more than any answer you gave.
No argument is too absurd for someone on a mission to discredit the Bible.
The "science" that you and the other Bill Nye wannabes on this thread have presented is, well, interesting. It's also unnecessary, as my argument was not a scientific one. I merely said that interpretation was required to understand the value of pi that derives from the bible. You guys are making arguments ranging from number of decimal places and significant digits to ancient Hebrew numerology.
And, of course, how can I forget post 683 in which God's Scientist Emeritus proudly dismisses my point because the value of pi is different on the sun!
So, please, talk amongst yourselves and reassert your belief in the literal truth of each word of the bible. As for me, I'm comfortable knowing that my Christian God gave me a brain to not only understand His word, but also to ascertain his methods of creation.
I would now like to leave a disclaimer for others who may be reading this thread (actually, I have received a number of private messages indicating that this thread is being watched elsewhere, and I wouldn't want them to get the wrong impression):
To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come--Greetings
Please do not judge the intelligence or reasoning capability of all Christians from the content of this thread. We are not all this stupid.
Oh, one more thing--you're the only addressee on this post. I would expect you to inform he others.