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To: kosta50; Agrarian
You can define any surface with a mathematical formula.

Kosta, this has nearly nothing to do with the rest of the discussion, but no, you cannot. Since there is a finite alphabet of symbols that go in formulas, the set of formulas is enumerable, f1, f2, ..., etc. A surface z(x,y) not defined with any f1, f2, ... is built by this diagonal process: z(x,y) is f1(x,y) except

z(0,1) = f1(0,1)+1
z(0,2) = f2(0,2)+1
...
As you can see, surface z differs from any enumerated formula in at least one point. Since only discrete points were used to build the differences, z can be made contiguous as well.

I feel like I am back in school.

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it is not blind faith as you have faith in God; it is an expression of calculated confidence based on observed phenomena

What Agrarian said in 4389.

The Big Bang theory certainly predicts ...

It is fine to compare several theories and find one better than the others. Yet they all are based on some axiomatic principles taken on faith. It is either Christian faith or faith in the scientific method, or some combination of the two. I am, of course, not calling to abandon the scientific method, but merely pointing out its dependence on faith.

4,397 posted on 04/05/2006 9:38:42 AM PDT by annalex
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To: annalex
Kosta, this has nearly nothing to do with the rest of the discussion, but no, you cannot [define any surface with a mathematical formula]

I disagree. Any surface can be expressed as a series of intervals (a separate function) relative to the previous one. The integrated sum of such functions carried to asigned limits becomes the expression for the entire surface.

It is either Christian faith or faith in the scientific method, or some combination of the two

I would say that one's belief in gravity is an entirely different kind of belief than the belief in God. I think you are comparing apples and organges. Very few people will disagree on anything having to do with gravity. Our "knowledge" of God, however, is subject of diverse opinions, sharp disagreements, numerous interpretations and, indeed, thousands of unrelated religions.

4,413 posted on 04/05/2006 7:50:22 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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