It occurred to Poythress that this argument applies to the ‘laws’ of mathematics, but what about the mathematics of what is allegedly outside the law, the mathematics of chance? Does chance kill the laws of math and with them, the need for their Lawgiver?įor Poythress, chance is not chaos, it is simply missing knowledge. Modern natural science was created by people who said that they were trying to "think God’s thoughts after Him." Math is an expression of the mind of God. Omnipresent, omnipotent, eternal, personal… Sounds like God. They are true everywhere (omnipresent), true always (eternal), cannot be defied or defeated (omnipotent), and are rational and have language characteristics (which makes them personal). The argument is that mathematical laws, in order to be properly relied upon, must have attributes which indicate an origin in God. ![]() ![]() ![]() Poythress, though, taps into a different tradition entirely, one which is seldom heard in modern debate: That God and science are neither enemies, nor partners, but rather that God is the necessary foundation for mathematics and therefore of every science which uses it. Then there are the voices of mutual toleration, which attempt to leave room for science among the faithful and for faith among the scientific. ![]() The standard modern culture-war revolves around God vs.
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