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Clivedurdle · 08-02-2007, 08:38 AM

There have been some interesting equations -

1+1+1 = 1

0 + 0 + 0 = something

Xianity uses a four dimensional geometric model of Jesus Christ coming at the end of the world to the centre of the world - Jerusalem.

This has been modified later by putting Jesus at year zero.

'I am the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end" is a classic mathematical statement.

Those strange numbers of fishes in nets.

Revelation uses 7 all over the place, there were twelve disciples, Jesus was forty days and forty nights in the Wilderness and in hell for three days.

Are we looking at a group of people with very poor mathematical understanding pretending to know the secret of life the universe and everything?

Toto · 08-02-2007, 04:38 PM

Gematria

Pythagoreansim

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The Pythagoreans engaged in the study of number theory or arithmetic (number in itself), geometry (number in space), harmonics or tuning theory (number in time), and astronomy (number in space and time). These descriptions correspond well with the modern definition of mathematics as "the study of patterns in space and time."

Since number and its qualities such as polarity, harmony, and proportion are archetypal principles that underlie physical manifestation, mathematics is discovered rather than invented, and possesses the power to reflect the essential nature of reality, rather than just modeling it or describing it. Moreover, in the Pythagorean view, because number is universal, it is also divine. While modern science is conceived in experimental terms, ancient Greek science was mathematical; and while mathematics has practical applications, Pythagoras's approach elevated mathematics to a study worth pursuing above any purely utilitarian ends for which it had previously been employed.

08-02-2007, 08:38 AM	#1
Clivedurdle Contributor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London UK Posts: 16,024	Mathematics and Christianity There have been some interesting equations - 1+1+1 = 1 0 + 0 + 0 = something Xianity uses a four dimensional geometric model of Jesus Christ coming at the end of the world to the centre of the world - Jerusalem. This has been modified later by putting Jesus at year zero. 'I am the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end" is a classic mathematical statement. Those strange numbers of fishes in nets. Revelation uses 7 all over the place, there were twelve disciples, Jesus was forty days and forty nights in the Wilderness and in hell for three days. Are we looking at a group of people with very poor mathematical understanding pretending to know the secret of life the universe and everything?

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