Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bcsaic!douglas@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Douglas Schuler) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: PI in the Bible? Message-ID: Date: 1 Jul 89 07:40:14 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Boeing Computer Services ATC, Seattle Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I have read somewhere that 3 is given somewhere in the Bible (the old testament as a matter of fact) as the value of pi. It doesn't come right out and say: pi = 3, but there is a line (if memory serves me correctly) that states that one multiples the diameter of a circle by 3 in order to get the circumference. Please send me mail if you know the answer to this as I don't read netnews very often. Thanks for your help. -- Doug Schuler -- ** MY VIEWS MAY NOT BE IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF THE BOEING COMPANY ** Doug Schuler (206) 865-3226 douglas@atc.boeing.com [Sort of. I don't have the reference, but in a description of the temple, both the diameter and circumference of some round object are given. However since both numbers are round (in a different sense), it's quite possible that they were just being cited to one significant figure. Of course if the OT had been written by Vulcans, then we'd have the dimensions to 6 decimal places... --clh]