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Mathematicians in Western Europe did not discover [[zero]] until many centuries after the [[Bible]] was written.  But there are hundreds of references to the concept of zero throughout the Bible.
 
Mathematicians in Western Europe did not discover [[zero]] until many centuries after the [[Bible]] was written.  But there are hundreds of references to the concept of zero throughout the Bible.
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Also, in Matthew 16:26, Jesus points out that after one loses his soul (the equivalent of zero), no multiplication of value can amount to anything: it's still zero.
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Also, in Matthew 16:26, Jesus points out that after one loses his soul (the equivalent of zero), no multiplication of value can amount to anything: it's still zero.  In other words, anything times zero is still zero, an insight the Romans lacked.
    
=== [[Banach-Tarski Paradox]] ===
 
=== [[Banach-Tarski Paradox]] ===
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