[allmendream]

God speaks in parables. That is how he instructs, for a parable has variable meaning and almost unlimited applicability. There need not have actually been one ‘good Samaritan’ who did those things for Jesus to instruct us with the parable of the good Samaritan.

Just as with the description of the ‘Molten Sea’. God could have said that the thing was 10 cubits across exactly, 30 cubits exactly, and exactly round all about. But that would be incorrect. Instead he just said it was 10 cubits across, round all about and 30 cubits across. Those that try to derive Pi from such will be left disappointed. I think there is much to be seen in that fact alone. God could not have said more directly “THIS IS NOT A MATH BOOK”, and yet people want to depend upon it for their models of Geology, Biology, and Geocentricity.

But glad to hear a voice of reason on the YEC side. Salvation is never said in the Bible to be dependent upon your beliefs about how the physical world came to be.

[metmom]

You need to give that tired old canard about the Bible teaching that pi=3 a rest. That has been debunked so many times that it’s not funny.

It makes evos look ignorant to keep bringing that up.

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/bibleval.htm