FINITE MATHEMATICS AND INFINITY

The sign for zero cannot be a number, and yet, paradoxically, it is a part of the number system. The intrinsic meaning of a number is that it must have quantity. Zero has no quantity, and therefore, cannot be a number. Yet, zero is a vital part of the number system because it indicates the necessity of the idea of nothing. Without the idea of nothing, something cannot be separated from nothing, and without this separation, the reality of the number system would be impossible. While it is true that some number systems do not have a sign for zero, nevertheless, the idea of nothing must always be implied as the opposite of quantity. The human senses accomplish a task quite similar to the number system when we observe the world. Consciousness, connected to the world through the senses, must separate something from nothing in order to make sense of the world. Consciousness employs the idea of nothing as the opposite of quantity in order to begin to bring order to the world we observe.

Infinity must transcend all number systems since all number systems can only be finite. Infinity must transcend both the idea of nothing and quantity. Infinity must contain no nothingness and no quantity. Infinity can have no edges. It must be absolutely everywhere. There can be no one infinity since the number one would limit it. There can only be infinity.

Infinity cannot be mathematical in a finite sense. Infinity cannot be divided because each division would equal infinity. Infinity cannot be multiplied because there can be no more to it. It cannot be added to for the same reason. It cannot be subtracted from because it cannot be diminished. Yet, the finite exists in time and space. Since the infinite contains no finite mathematics, then how did the finite come into existence at all, if infinity exists? Only the finite may exist.

But if no infinity exists, then how did finite consciousness ever get an idea of it? Finite consciousness can only get an idea of that which it experiences, and it only experiences quantity and the idea of nothing. Finite consciousness can never reach to infinity because it is always subject to a mathematical limitation.

Since it is quite impossible for finite consciousness to ever get an idea of the infinite, then the infinite must exist in order to give the idea of the infinite to finite consciousness. But this means that the infinite must have infinite power. Since the infinite also knows how to give the idea of itself to finite consciousness, then the infinite must possess an Infinite Consciousness. That which possesses an Infinite Power and an Infinite Presence and an Infinite Consciousness can only be called God.

How then did the finite come into existence? Since an Infinite God holds the Infinite Power to subtract from infinity without diminishing it, then God holds the power to project a finite universe into existence without diminishing His Infinite Power in the least. The mathematics of Infinity must be completely different from finite mathematics.