The [[Bible]] was the inspiration for [[set theory]] and other breakthroughs in [[math]]. The [[New Testament]] gave [[infinity]] a theological basis that led to an acceptance of it by the secular world, after philosophers had rejected it. The greatest mathematicians, including [[Bernard Riemann]], [[Georg Cantor]], [[Kurt Gödel]], and [[John von Neumann]], were avid readers of the Bible. | The [[Bible]] was the inspiration for [[set theory]] and other breakthroughs in [[math]]. The [[New Testament]] gave [[infinity]] a theological basis that led to an acceptance of it by the secular world, after philosophers had rejected it. The greatest mathematicians, including [[Bernard Riemann]], [[Georg Cantor]], [[Kurt Gödel]], and [[John von Neumann]], were avid readers of the Bible. |