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... and impossible to exceed. Infinity is similar to zero in that neither can be diminished, but infinity is different from zero in that it is impossible to exceed infinity.
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''See also [[Math and the Bible]]''.
 
''See also [[Math and the Bible]]''.
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<br>'''Infinity''' is an amount that is impossible to diminish.<ref>Merrian-Webster defines infinity as an "unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity ... an indefinitely great number or amount." [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infinity Merriam-Webster dictionary]  Put another way, infinity is something which "goes on without end."</ref>  An example is the [[Multiplication of the loaves]] and the master's estate in the [[Prodigal Son]], considered perhaps the most insightful story in all of written history.
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<br>'''Infinity''' is an amount that is impossible to diminish and impossible to exceed.  Infinity is similar to zero in that neither can be diminished, but infinity is different from zero in that it is impossible to exceed infinity.<ref>Merrian-Webster defines infinity as an "unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity ... an indefinitely great number or amount." [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infinity Merriam-Webster dictionary]  Put another way, infinity is something which "goes on without end."</ref>  An example is the [[Multiplication of the loaves]] and the master's estate in the [[Prodigal Son]], considered perhaps the most insightful story in all of written history.
    
'''[[Jesus]] proclaimed the existence of infinity in connection with [[God]] in multiple ways'''.  Indeed, the [[Gospels]] and [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] are like a book of [[logic]] about infinity.  This was contrary to the views of the greatest Greek mathematician and philosopher, [[Pythagoras]] and [[Aristotle]], who both incorrectly rejected that infinity could exist.<ref>See [[Math and the Bible]].</ref>  The [[Old Testament]] has only indirect references to infinity.
 
'''[[Jesus]] proclaimed the existence of infinity in connection with [[God]] in multiple ways'''.  Indeed, the [[Gospels]] and [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] are like a book of [[logic]] about infinity.  This was contrary to the views of the greatest Greek mathematician and philosopher, [[Pythagoras]] and [[Aristotle]], who both incorrectly rejected that infinity could exist.<ref>See [[Math and the Bible]].</ref>  The [[Old Testament]] has only indirect references to infinity.
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