I'll jump in, if you don't mind, with just one comment on the "pi problem." If, as you say, the ancient Hebrews were aware of the value of pi, then it should not have been necessary for them to have given any more information than the diameter of the "molten sea." But they felt it necessary to also give the circumfrence, perhaps not realizing that anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of geometry wouldn't need that detail, because with a diameter of ten cubits, the circumfrence was already obvious.
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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.
Creation/God...Christianity---secular-govt.-humanism/SCIENCE---CIVILIZATION!
Originally the word liberal meant social conservatives(no govt religion--none) who advocated growth and progress---mostly technological(knowledge being absolute/unchanging)based on law--reality... UNDER GOD---the nature of GOD/man/govt. does not change. These were the Classical liberals...founding fathers-PRINCIPLES---stable/SANE scientific reality/society---industrial progress...moral/social character-values(private/personal) GROWTH!
If, as you say...
But I don't say. I just quote people who I feel are better studied in these issues, in this case Chuck Missler...
But they felt it necessary to also give the circumfrence...
...who deals with the alpha-numeric properties in the piece I posted.
Again, it doesn't matter. There are certain people who do not want the Bible to be true. I was one of them, and I know firsthand the hubris. I don't write this to insult you, or your fellow travellers, but just to state that I know the revelation of truth is as much internal as it is brought about by external evidence. "There are none so blind as those who refuse to see". I think an eye must open on the inside first.