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Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths

From "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups alt.atheism
Subject Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths
Date 2015-06-26 09:04 +0200
Message-ID <cv4bs3F4048U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 26/06/2015 03:51, hhyapster@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 8:17:25 PM UTC+8, Gordon wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:40:48 +0200, "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/06/2015 03:31, talishi wrote:
>>>> On 06/24/2015 08:50 AM, Malcolm McMahon wrote:
>>>>> PI = 3 is in there somewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1 Kings 7:23 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 round about.
>>>
>>> <old joke alert>
>>>
>>> "What's a cubit?"
>>>
>> A cubit is the length of the forearm. It was used as a standard
>> measurement in early times...similar to a foot being the length of the
>> foot from heel to toe.
>
> How can that be?
>
> Even the most stupid early man would know that the length of your forearm and mine was different...
>

Plus, the forearms of yesteryear were quite a bit shorter than today's....

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Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2015-06-24 08:50 -0700
  Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths talishi <talishi@example.net> - 2015-06-24 18:31 -0700
    Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-06-25 11:40 +0200
      Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Tom McDonald <tmcdonald2672@charter.net> - 2015-06-25 06:27 -0500
        Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths talishi <talishi@example.net> - 2015-06-25 18:56 -0700
          Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Tom McDonald <tmcdonald2672@charter.net> - 2015-06-25 21:32 -0500
            Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2015-06-25 19:47 -0700
              Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Paul <papa_fox@cybertown.com> - 2015-06-26 05:29 -0700
      Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Gordon <gordonlr@swbell.net> - 2015-06-25 07:17 -0500
        Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths hhyapster@gmail.com - 2015-06-25 18:51 -0700
          Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths talishi <talishi@example.net> - 2015-06-25 18:55 -0700
            Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths hhyapster@gmail.com - 2015-06-26 01:39 -0700
              Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths talishi <talishi@example.net> - 2015-06-26 04:14 -0700
                Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths hhyapster@gmail.com - 2015-06-26 04:59 -0700
                Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Christopher A. Lee <c.lee@fairpoint.net> - 2015-06-26 09:01 -0500
                Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2015-06-26 22:43 +0000
          Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-06-26 09:04 +0200
            Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Gordon <gordonlr@swbell.net> - 2015-06-26 08:38 -0500
          Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Gordon <gordonlr@swbell.net> - 2015-06-26 08:35 -0500
            Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2015-06-26 22:53 +0000
              Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Kurt Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2015-06-26 17:21 -0700
                Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2015-06-27 21:22 +0000
                Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Gordon <gordonlr@swbell.net> - 2015-06-27 17:06 -0500
          Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2015-06-26 07:06 -0700
      Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2015-06-25 05:57 -0700
        Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Tom McDonald <tmcdonald2672@charter.net> - 2015-06-25 12:28 -0500
  Re: The Bible Contains Scientific Truths Joe Bruno <joebruno86@gmail.com> - 2015-06-25 03:53 -0700

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