Recently on Yahoo, some bozo posted something claiming that the bible was all correct, and that genetics would show that bats were actually birds. But that's not the real prize. The real prize of the discussion was in the ensuing thread.

A doubter posted the following question:

please explain 1 kings 7.23 and how a circle can have a circumference of 30 of a unit and a radiius of 10 of a unit and i will become a christian

23 And he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. (1 Kings 7:23, NKJV)

And the answer is one of the all-time greats of moronic innumeracy:

Very easy. You are talking about the value of Pi. That is actually 3 not 3.14....... The digits after the decimal forms a geometric series and it will converge to the value zero. So, 3.14.....=3.00=3. Nobody still calculated the precise value of Pi. In future they will and apply advenced Mathematics to prove the value of Pi=3.

::pounds head on desk::

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In future they will and apply advenced Mathematics to prove the value of Pi=3.

(Anyone else hear this as read by Criswell? "Future events such as these will affect you in the future!")

In future they will and apply advenced Mathematics to prove the value of Pi=3.

"Advanced Mathematics." I do not think these words mean what you think they mean.

"Advanced Mathematics." I do not think these words mean what you think they mean

No no, he was talking about "advenced" mathematics. It's a whole different vibe.

(Anyone else hear this as read by Criswell? "Future events such as these will affect you in the future!")

No, but I'm hearing it with Jeffery Jones as Criswell, which is close enough.

That's because you're thinking of advanced mathematics, Seanie. The advenced kind give different answers. Specifically, more convenient ones.

Anyone else hear this as read by Criswell?

Now I do. Or at least, Jeffrey Jones as Criswell.

The digits after the decimal forms a geometric series and it will converge to the value zero.

Uh. I'm not sure this person understands the terms "decimal," "geometric series," "converge," "value," or "zero." Also possibly "it."

No no, he was talking about "advenced" mathematics. It's a whole different vibe.

See, if he'd said "advented" mathematics it would almost make sense. except for the part where I very much doubt the writer is Catholic

No, but I'm hearing it with Jeffery Jones as Criswell, which is close enough.

I'm hearing it in the voice of that Criswell-esque dude at the beginning of the video for The Cramps song "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns."