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| − | ''See also [[Math and the Bible]]''.
| + | '''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 zeri.<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. Also, one's soul is of infinite value to him and cannot be exceeded in value by anything else, as explained by Matthew 16:26. |
| − | <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 zeri.<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. Also, one's soul is of infinite value to him and cannot be exceeded in value by anything else, as explained by Matthew 16:26.
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| | '''[[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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| | == Philosophy of mathematics == | | == Philosophy of mathematics == |
| | Different positions in the [[philosophy of mathematics]] have different attitudes towards infinity. At one extreme, Platonists and formalists generally have no philosophical to any form of infinity than can be defined. At the other extreme, finitists and ultrafinitists deny the existence of infinity; to them, only finite quantities, and finite objects, actually exist. In the middle, many constructivists and intuitionists adopt a position of countablism - an acceptance of the existence of countable sets, but denying that uncountable sets exist. | | Different positions in the [[philosophy of mathematics]] have different attitudes towards infinity. At one extreme, Platonists and formalists generally have no philosophical to any form of infinity than can be defined. At the other extreme, finitists and ultrafinitists deny the existence of infinity; to them, only finite quantities, and finite objects, actually exist. In the middle, many constructivists and intuitionists adopt a position of countablism - an acceptance of the existence of countable sets, but denying that uncountable sets exist. |
| | + | == See also== |
| | + | *[[Math and the Bible]] |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |