My Concept of God
Mathematicians use concepts
(Like the square root of minus one)
To express the inexpressible
And solve what was unsolvable.
God exists in our imagination,
A concept that helps us imagine existence
God is mankind’s
“root minus one”
The rainbow was once explained as a sign from God - then Newton explained refraction. Thor was the God of Thunder until Franklin flew a kite, and so it goes. Man continuously pushes back the veil, yet God still remains in our minds to account for the "as-yet-unknown" - and always will.
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Tomfoolery33
Level 9
Apr 19, 2019
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Irrespective of the name, the algebraic concept is needed.
@Petter I see.
Sure we can view god as being like the set of imaginary numbers.
The trouble is many of us are quite comfortable with all understanding of the world being expressible as linear equations of the form y = ax +b.
You can insert an imaginary number into the equation and it changes nothing observable.
So why bother?
Xoviat
Level 4
Apr 19, 2019
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How do you explain what came before the big bang? It's a mystery. Does it even exist or is it an imaginary concept, akin to conceiving "god"? Hence the simile. God is akin to the square root of minus one.
We seem to insert the idea of god into anything where there is a currently untestable hypothesis.
I just can't accept the square root of -1 as a suitable simile for that. Sorry, I may simply just not understand your angle.
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