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Re:Is infinity an odd or even number? (2011) by JKCalhoun on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @02:26PM (#35792047)
My child mind conflated infinity and God. Or maybe I was correct, I have no idea now.
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Re:Is infinity an odd or even number? (2011) by ASalazarMX on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @02:49PM (#35792365)
That was the adults attributing infinite and contradictory powers to their god. Church sermons will frequently mention infinity.
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Re:Is infinity an odd or even number? (2011) by selcuka on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @07:28PM (#35795643)
Historically, anything that can't be easily comprehended has been attributed to a higher power.
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Re:Is infinity an odd or even number? (2011) by thedailymail on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @06:08PM (#35808452)
You're not alone! Georg Cantor was deeply concerned about the theological implications of his work on transfinite numbers, to the point that he wrote letters to Pope Leo XIII to explain why the new infinities were consistent with a God of an even higher order of infinity.
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