Re: [Fwd: Bible contradictions]
Ian Dorion (dorioni@intellinet.com)
Sat, 19 Jul 1997 12:48:32 -0600
AutismUK@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 19/7/97 17:08:33 GMT, you write:
>
> IAN wrote:
> In chapter 3 of Numbers, the Lord had a census taken of the Levites and
> Moses came up with these figures:
>
> Levi's Son Leader Census
> Gershon Elisaph 7,500
> Kohath Elizaphan 8,600
> Mereri Zuriel 6,200
> TOTAL---------------------------22,300
>
> Paul Robson:
> This is obviously not a contradiction. You are making the fallacious
> assumption that the whole Bible uses the same numerical base. It
> is a known fact that the Nuttites in 640 BC used base 11 rather than
> base 10 for expressing quantities. Obviously, one of these people
> used this system when writing down one of these values, which makes
> the numbers close enough for any reasonable person.
> It is a known fact that all numerical problems in the Bible can be
> solved by assuming different number bases.
>
> You have failed to prove the Bible is not inerrant.
>
> In the grip of my tight underpants....
> Paul Robson (autismuk@aol.com)
>
> [Sorry, I've just read Hutchinson's article and thought I'd try it.... :) ]
IAN
I was under the impression they used a base of twelve since that is a
favorite number of theirs.