One metaphor for God's transcendence is that in mathematics called ''transcendence theory''. This theory in mathematics is the branch of thought that studies [[transcendental number]]s. However inadequate and distracting a description of [[God]] which this metaphor creates, the point of this metaphor is that the transcendental God lacks synthetic [[natural]] characteristics, just as the transcendental numbers lack algebraic properties. | One metaphor for God's transcendence is that in mathematics called ''transcendence theory''. This theory in mathematics is the branch of thought that studies [[transcendental number]]s. However inadequate and distracting a description of [[God]] which this metaphor creates, the point of this metaphor is that the transcendental God lacks synthetic [[natural]] characteristics, just as the transcendental numbers lack algebraic properties. |