Math question, if Jesus was six feet tall when he died and 900 feet tall when Oral Roberts saw him in 1977,?

Question

how tall was he when Columbus discovered America?

(assuming constant growth)

Answer 1

lol, i'm glad that there are people, probably theists, willing to think freely on this site. unfortunately, you can't do the problem b/c there is no empirical data on his existence.

Answer 2

Exponential or linear?

I'm going to do it exponential... cause people have already done linear.

If he (supposedly) died in 33 A.D. it's 1,944 years elapsed.  So we'll call his death day t = 0.

If we plug our information into the exponential growth formula (x = Ce^(kt)), we get:

6 = Ce^0 = C

so our constant C is equal to 6.

At t = 1,944 (1977) we're given the following formula:

900 = 6e^(1944k)

solving for 'k'...

150 = e^1944k

ln(150) = 1944k

k = ln(150)/1944 = (approximately) 0.00258

So in 1492 (t = 1459), we get this:

x = 6e^(0.00258*1459)

x = 258'8"

and today... (t = 1,975)

x = 6e^(0.00258*1975)

x = 979'1.5"

Yay.

(and because I'm bored as h**l)

He will hit the 144,000 (nice number, no?) foot mark at:

144000 = 6e^(.00258t)

24000 = e^(.00258t)

ln(24000) = .00258t

t = ln(24000)/.00258

t = 3909

3909 + 33 = The year 3942.

...and one more...

According to the Bible, Jesus is the same dude who created the Universe in the year 4004 B.C. (t = -4047).

So, when the Universe was created, Jesus was...

x = 6e^(-4047*.00258)

x = 53.6 micrometers tall... just about the width of a hair.

Answer 3

686 feet

Answer 4

Oral Roberts, lawl.

Answer 5

Don't be ridiculous.  You know nothing about why Oral Roberts said this or what was going on.  You need to get saved.

Answer 6

Oral Roberts was drunk in the spirit when he saw the dellusion.

Answer 7

42

Answer 8

That's dumb. If Oral Roberts really saw a "900 ft. Jesus", it was a demonic manifestation, not the real Jesus.

Answer 9

Rotfl.  You HAVE to go ask this in the math section.  Just for the laughs.

Answer 10

9 hours and 32 minutes on the westbound track, assuming an easterly wind of no more than 10 mph.  

P.S.  Do your own homework next time ;)

Answer 11

You are confusing Jesus with P'an-Ku.

Or possibly a Macy Day Parade float.

Answer 12

I'm not a math whiz but I'm pretty sure ǝɔnɐs ǝɯosǝʍɐ got it!

Answer 13

Do I have to use Pi? If so, should it be 3 or blueberry : )

Answer 14

670 feet, 11.5 inches!

Edit: Assuming linear growth, that he died at 33, and that 1977 was 1977 years after his true birthdate.

Answer 15

Pi + you need to get saved! you need to get saved! + it was demons + Oral was drunk in the spirit = GRAVE

(7+18+1+22+5= 53 feet)

Don't try to understand my highly evolved brain and its methods.  Really.  Don't.

Answer 16

Thanks for reminding me - Thirty years ago - How time flies.

Last I heard, his Oral's son got kicked out of the Church because he was grabbing just a tad too much cash for himself - Nice family.

Answer 17

Columbus didn't discover America.

Answer 18

Ask in the Mathematics section. I would think answers of there's could be funny. I do understand why you asked here, but that's the advice I'll give you.