[Physicist]

However, please do not assume that the Bible says this that and the other, when it does not, just because mal-informed Christians say it does.

I don't. I used to be a Christian, and never had any trouble taking Biblical accounts as being metaphorical or allegorical. Such conflicts between science and religion are completely artificial.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

Then why bring up 1 Kings 7:23 and 2 Chron 4:2 when you know full well that rounding off or just plain sloppy recording explains it? That's pretty weak.