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| | *[[Resurrection]]: personal awareness of infinite time implies, as a matter of logic, personal realization of infinite time; | | *[[Resurrection]]: personal awareness of infinite time implies, as a matter of logic, personal realization of infinite time; |
| | *[[Abraham Lincoln]]: "Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality";<ref>https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_121271</ref> and | | *[[Abraham Lincoln]]: "Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality";<ref>https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_121271</ref> and |
| − | *in [[infinity in engineering|engineering]]: in a DC circuit, a capacitor has infinite resistance, while [[Earth]] has infinite capacitance. | + | *in [[infinity in engineering|engineering]]: in a DC circuit, a capacitor has infinite resistance, while [[Earth]] has infinite capacitance; and |
| | + | *in carpentry and [[material science]]: wood of infinite density is needed to build a spiral staircase with multiple twists and no supporting column, which can hold a dozen people at once - see [[Loretto spiral staircase]]. |
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| | In addition, recognition of infinity — such as infinite time or infinite strength — is helpful on a personal level in dealing with adversity. Infinite time means infinite money, since time is convertible into money. [[Jesus]] often emphasized the concept of infinity in his [[miracle]]s and [[parable]]s (see below). He rejected the mistaken view of the ancient Greeks that infinity is non-existent and incoherent.<ref>{{cquote|The Ancient Greeks generally conceived of the infinite as formless, characterless, indefinite, indeterminate, chaotic, and unintelligible. The term had negative connotations and was especially vague, having no clear criteria for distinguishing the finite from the infinite.}} [http://www.iep.utm.edu/infinite/] | | In addition, recognition of infinity — such as infinite time or infinite strength — is helpful on a personal level in dealing with adversity. Infinite time means infinite money, since time is convertible into money. [[Jesus]] often emphasized the concept of infinity in his [[miracle]]s and [[parable]]s (see below). He rejected the mistaken view of the ancient Greeks that infinity is non-existent and incoherent.<ref>{{cquote|The Ancient Greeks generally conceived of the infinite as formless, characterless, indefinite, indeterminate, chaotic, and unintelligible. The term had negative connotations and was especially vague, having no clear criteria for distinguishing the finite from the infinite.}} [http://www.iep.utm.edu/infinite/] |
| | The ancient Greeks were flat-out wrong.</ref> Today acceptance of infinity is universal, despite the adamant denial by the ancient Greeks and others throughout history. The devoutly [[Christian]] mathematician [[Georg Cantor]] even proved that some infinities are larger than others. | | The ancient Greeks were flat-out wrong.</ref> Today acceptance of infinity is universal, despite the adamant denial by the ancient Greeks and others throughout history. The devoutly [[Christian]] mathematician [[Georg Cantor]] even proved that some infinities are larger than others. |