Re: [Fwd: Bible contradictions] (fwd)
Miracle (miracle@procyon.com)
Sun, 20 Jul 1997 11:10:41 -0500 (CDT)
Miracle wrote:
>
> Miracle wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > RJV 7/19
> > Actually, they used base 8. The reason they did this is because the other
> > peoples were using a base 16 system - commonly reffered to as "HEX". It
> > is well known that this is how the devil hexes people. They used base 8
> > to let it be known that they weren't hexers and considered themselves to
> > be only 1/2 as bad as the hexers... The only pitfall of the base 8 system
> > was revealed in the mid 20th century when something called an 8 track was
> > developed. This was a bad idea, and immediately hexed into the failed
> > technology section of 20th century history.
> >
> > -- R Jason Valentine ..ooOO miracle@procyon.com
> >
> > Chemical Engineer as of March 21, 1997
> > Med Student, August 1997, University of South Alabama
> >
> > True success is not measured by wealth, property, or social status. True
> > success is measured by the contributions to society that an individual
> > makes.
>
> IAN
> Wait a minute you idiot! Hex is like sex, it is six. That is why it is
> considered so evil by the Christians and why so many of them end up in our
> prisons as sex offenders. Oct is eight. Where did you say you got your
> engineering degree?
>
> RJV 7/20 (or thereabouts)
> Well Well, look who's been out of technology since it was invented... Hex
> is base 16 - also Hexidecimal. Base 16 is commonly used, and hexidecimal
> is shortened to "Hex"... So Nya! What did you think a hex editor was?
> (Ok, it does ALSO alter spells cast by the devil...) Heheh. Are you sure
> you still aren't in his grip?
>
> -- R Jason Valentine ..ooOO miracle@procyon.com
>
> Chemical Engineer as of March 21, 1997
> Med Student, August 1997, University of South Alabama
>
> True success is not measured by wealth, property, or social status. True
> success is measured by the contributions to society that an individual
> makes.
IAN
Well I thought I was in Satan's grip but now I'm beginning to worry. Oh well!
Back to the problem, I guess what you're saying is that it isn't errant
because each person used a different method of counting?
RJV 7/20
Yeah. One used his toes, the other used his hands. The problem was, the
guy who was counting on his toes was blessed by the lord and had 10 toes
one each side. However, he lost 4 toes in a freak gardening accident, and
only had 16 remaining. This was when the Devil took over, changed the
mans memory, and he didn't realize that he was counting in HEX. Well,
then the Lord came down and saw what had been done, and instructed his
followers to use Base 8 because they were half as bad as this other guy.
Of course, the lord had to come back AGAIN in the 1800's and instruct the
KnickerBocker Baseball Club of New York to use only 4 Bases because
Baseball was 1/2 as bad as his true followers. That is how it became the
national pastime. Of course, the devil, not being happy with this, came
back and had baseball changed again. After the devil was done, baseball
no longer ended at the end of 21 runs but to 9 innings. You see, he
changed it from a multiple of the lord (7*3) to 9, which is 3 more than 6.
Basically, all of this lead to Albert Belle's trade, the huge player
salaries, and commisionerless baseball. And it was all planned way back
when...
heheh.
Thpppptt!
And I do have proof for all this. The proof is in the pudding...
-- R Jason Valentine ..ooOO miracle@procyon.com
Chemical Engineer as of March 21, 1997
Med Student, August 1997, University of South Alabama
True success is not measured by wealth, property, or social status. True
success is measured by the contributions to society that an individual
makes.