For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,...For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, ...so that THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE: Col 1:16 / Rom.1:20

Sunday, April 28, 2024

God’s attributes as seen through Math

For the invisible things of Him since the creation of the world
--are clearly seen,
--being perceived through the things that are made,
even His everlasting power and divinity;
that they may be without excuse.
Romans 1:20 HNV


"What’s remarkable about the reality of universals as proof for God’s existence is that it points in a simple and clear way to some of God’s attributes, such as infinity, eternity, and omnipotence.

The Mind that contains them must itself be infinite.
*Because the Mind in which natural numbers exists is infinite, it is also omnipotent.
*Limitations on power are finite and are inconsistent with an infinite Mind.
*Because numbers exist independently of the material universe, they are eternal (e.g., the truth that 1+1=2 is independent of time) and thus the Mind that contains them is eternal.
Because mathematics can show infinity, eternity, and omnipotence, it can only have proceeded from a mind with those characteristics. That’s God."
UncommonDescent