NAME JUST ONE thing....ONE THING...revealed by God....

by Terry 284 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Terry

  Concerning the knowledge of Pi:

  See below

  http://www.solidpapers.com/collegepapers/Mathematics/10659.htm

  A little known verse in the bible reads "And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other; it was round all about, and his height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it about (I Kings 7, 23). "

  This passage from the bible demonstrates the ancient nature of the irrational number pi. Pi in fact is mentioned in a number of verses throughout the bible. In II Chronicles 4,2, in the passage describing the building of the great temple of Solomon which was built around 950BC, pi is given as equal to three. This value is not very accurate at all and should not even be considered accurate for it’s time...

  Present knowledge suggests that the concept of pi first developed in 2000 BC in two separate cultures. The Babylonians used pi at a value of 25/8 while an entirely different culture, the ancient Egyptians used pi at a value of 256/81. While the biblical calculation of pi=3 most likely came from crude measurement, there is strong reason to believe, because of the relative accuracy of the values, that the Babylonians and Egyptians found pi by means of mathematical equations.
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  hibiscusfire

  Terry:

  The obvious answer to my pointing out the "4 legged" insects is that the person (not God) who composed Leviticus was a mere human subject to observation errors.

  God never said insects have four legs. And are you sure that those verses were referring to insects or something else?

  And also about the MilkyWay Galaxy and our solar system I never said God was confined to just making that and holding it together. The entire Universe applies but I was just drawing a reference to on of the galaxies and the type of solar system. Sheeesh.

  Hibiscusfire.
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  Terry

  And also about the MilkyWay Galaxy and our solar system I never said God was confined to just making that and holding it together. The entire Universe applies but I was just drawing a reference to on of the galaxies and the type of solar system. Sheeesh.

  It wasn't/isn't clear what you were saying!

  What WERE you saying, anyway?
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  hibiscusfire

  Hi Terry would you please not shout you are messing up the window.

  Thanks

  Hibie
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  hibiscusfire

  What am I saying? I am saying do you have to use so many complicated words to just decribe simple things? There is one thing about book sense and common sense. Those who have only book sense have no common sense.

  hibie

  Not to impune anyone.
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  hibiscusfire

  By the way to know something or actually to know someone is to have sex.

  hibiscusfire
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  John Doe

  Those who have only book sense have no common sense.

  That's a misconception perpetuated by those who feel insecure about being ignorant or unintelligent.
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  John Doe

  By the way hibiscusfire, aren't you that chick who threw a hissy because people didn't spell "xmas" "correctly?"
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  avidbiblereader

  Here is one thing the Bible revealed to me by God

  Proverbs 9:7a

  "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult;

  That is my last line in this discussion! We all have our own thoughts and no need to fight, quarrel or argue on the matter. Wish you all the best no matter what you believe

  Respectfully,abr
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  Liberty

  Terry, Bible appologists are stuck with little if anything to refute your well made point. Any one who honestly approaches a real study of the Bible will find that there is nothing contained in it that was not already common knowledge among other ancient peoples. Another telling sign that there was no divine inspiration among Bible writters is that so many misconceptions held by other ancient cultures are repeated.

  Even the oft quoted predictions of future events cannot be documented to have been written any time before the actual events occurred, the destruction of Jerusulem by the Romans in 70 A.D. for example was supposed to have been predicted by Jesus some 40 years before yet there are no original texts which can be dated from before 100 A.D. In short, anything not documented to have been written before 70 A.D. about the event is useless for proving any divine inspiration.

  Most of what the Bible writers knew came from the superior regional civilizations which dominated the So-Called-Promised-Land over and over again and can easily be traced back to predate any Judaic culture. The Egyptians had an especially strong influence upon the region and were the first documented to practice monotheism, dietary restrictions, and even circumcision which were later claimed by Judaism.

  It is also very clear that Jesus promised to bring about His Kingdom within the lifespan of the original Apostles. 2000 years have now passed without any fullfillment. Not one thing predicted has come true without alot of mental gymnastics to "prove" a "spiritual" fullfillment much like the JW's "invisible" enthronement of Christ in 1914 when the evidence for the real event could not be found and so an "invisible" event is substituted. Invisible evidence is the same as no evidence.