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To: tortoise
Ah, well, in that case, you'll want to be sure to check out the raging silliness on the first "mathematical proof" thread.

It's been a while since linear algebra and differential equations, but I'm not so rusty that I can't still spot a real, live formal proof ;)

5 posted on 03/05/2002 10:30:41 PM PST by general_re
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To: general_re
Lots of people abuse math. For example, here is a weird one I found on the web:

Proof of God's existence

Many people question why God would create the universe for us and then leave no proof of his existence. Well. I have found proof of God's existence in the number pi. If you calculate pi out to many decimal places, you will find the following pattern:

pi = 3.1415 …
851212152089199197154191651119147851859113931851205420852114922518195…

Yes, this may appear to be a random assortment of numbers, but if you examine these numbers carefully enough, God's word becomes clear. If we take each number to correspond to its placement in the alphabet, then the message becomes:

heababaeb0hiaiiaigaedaiafeaaaiadgheaheiaacicaheab0edb0hebaadibbeahaie

This makes no sense, so it can't be right. Plus, there are zeros that have no letter in the alphabet. So instead of doing that, we must take a zero to mean either 10 or 20. You'll notice that either a 1 or a 2 precede all zeroes.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Also, we will take 12 to be "l", not "ab" and so on. Decrypting the message this way reveals God's word:

Hello this is God speaking here I am I created the universe

This is absolutely incredible. If you still doubt, then verify it for yourself. The formula for calculating pi is:

pi = 4 * (1 - 1/3 + 1/5 – 1/7 +…)

Examining the mathematical structure of nature has revealed God's unambiguous message. The only question now is what exactly does the message mean? It is clear that God exists, but since there is no way to use punctuation in the sentence, he was slightly impaired in his communication ability. For example, does the message mean:

Hello. This is God speaking. Here I am. I created the universe.

Or

Hello. This is God speaking here. I am. I created the universe.

Either way it is clear what God is trying to say.

13 posted on 03/05/2002 11:23:08 PM PST by Gladwin
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