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Just a quick question that I could use some clarification on.
Is Scientists reliance on mathematics equal to Religions reliance on God(s)?
Just a quick question that I could use some clarification on.
Is Scientists reliance on mathematics equal to Religions reliance on God(s)?
No.
It is like Scriptures reliance on existing language.
Mathematics is the language of science.
Do you think Buddhism is a religion?
We did not make mathematics up.
It's something we observe. A natural language.
1+1=2
e^2=m^2c^4+p^2c^2
The square of the hypotenuses of a right angle triangle is equal to the sum of the square of the remaining two sides.
These are all testable, confirm-able.
That said, the idea of a God could probably play into that fairly well. Some may say that the idea of 'numbers' must have a 'first' instance, something to compare them with. Some may call that God.
It really depends on how 'real' you think a number is.
Here's a thought: When counting 0,1,2,3,4,5....etc....where does the 1 come from?
It seems to me that the leap from 0 to 1 is immeasurable greater than 1 to 2.
When I add 1 to 1 to get 2, the 1 already exists to use. But when I start with zero....the 1 does not exist to add! Where does "1" come from?
=)
As was stated, mathematics is a language. Which we use specifically to describe measurements and quantities, and understand their relationships. Numbers are the symbols of this language. Zero symbolizes the state where no quantity exists. 1 symbolizes that a quantity does exist. If another quantity is added to it, then there are 2. If there is yet another, then we have 3. And so on. These quantities can be anything we want. Or they can be simply the idea of a quantity. It's just a useful mental construct.
I understand, but what was the first "1"? How does a quantity of anything arise from a quantity of nothing?
Nothing in nature appears linearly, how does any one thing appear without all that came before and beside it?
In the colors of the rainbow, which color is number 1 in sequence of arising?
This isn't a rhetorical question, I really do have a solution in mind.
Just a quick question that I could use some clarification on.
Is Scientists reliance on mathematics equal to Religions reliance on God(s)?
Just a quick question that I could use some clarification on.
Is Scientists reliance on mathematics equal to Religions reliance on God(s)?
Never thought of it that way. In a sense, numbers are the perfect example of axiomatic stuff, which because you can't prove means you have faith in their validity.
Yep, having evidence removes the need to believe something without evidence.Somehow secular things fail to qualify as faith if the thing you can't prove works over and over again.
It would have to stop talking about unobservable, unprovable entities though. Would it still be theology if you removed gods from the picture?There's no reason why theology couldn't work in a similar way.
KCfromNC, would it hurt your feelings if I said you have faith in secular presuppositions and axioms like a religious fundamentalist has faith in his deity?
Tenuisvir said:Just a quick question that I could use some clarification on.
Is Scientists reliance on mathematics equal to Religions reliance on God(s)?
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