If the idea of infinity is real, then this idea can be advanced to a string of logical evidence for the existence of God. God's existence cannot be absolutely proved, not even by empirical evidence. Atheists have always accused the original saints, and anyone else who has seen the resurrected Christ, of either having a hallucination or of simply being a liar. God Himself desires no proof of His existence. God desires that humans freely choose to love and worship Him. A proof of His existence would force humans to honor Him, and God desires that the great value of His Love should be proven by an historical process in which humans are given a free choice to either love Him or not. God becomes pleased by faith in Him and especially by faith in the Deity and sacrifice of His Son. Read Hebrews 11:6. Hebrews 12:2 teaches that Jesus is "the author and finisher" of the believer's faith. Hebrews 11:1-3 even teaches that God used the power of His own faith to create the world. However, God has provided some evidence for His existence, such as historical evidence and fulfilled prophecy. Because of this, one can conclude that God allows some evidence for His existence, but God is not pleased with any claim of a proof of His existence. The following examination of the idea of infinity is offered as mere evidence for God's existence and not proof.
Is the idea of infinity real? If the idea of infinity were false, then infinity does not exist and would therefore be equal to the idea of nothing. Nonexistence and the unknown are always equal to the idea of nothing to the finite mind. For example, at one time a theory existed which proposed that a substance called aether filled all of space. But when experiments later proved that aether does not exist, then the idea of aether became equal to the idea of nothing. In addition, the unknown also equals the idea of nothing to the finite mind. For example, if a sub-atomic particle were to exist which could never have any effect on the finite mind whatsoever and so could never be discovered by the finite mind, then that particle would always equal nothing to the finite mind.
Following this line of reasoning, if the idea of infinity were not discoverable, then it would be unknown to the finite mind and equal to nothing. If the idea of infinity were a false idea which resulted from a false theory concocted by the finite mind, then it would also be known to equal the idea of nothing. However, the finite mind may not have yet discovered that the theory that produced the false idea of infinity is indeed false. In that case, the finite mind would hold the false idea of infinity to be true and real until such a time as it were shown to be false.
But is it possible for the finite mind to invent a theory comprising only finite ideas that effects the idea of infinity? One would think that a finite theory could only produce a finite result. The very limits of the finite mind would seem to indicate this conclusion. For these reasons, there can be no such thing as an infinite number. To add to a finite number can only produce a higher finite number no matter how large these numbers may be. This also means that there can be no infinity of anything measured by numbers, such as lines or space. There can also be no mental infinities such as an infinite idea since the supposed infinity would be limited to that one idea. Thus, the finite mind cannot add enough ideas to any combination of ideas that would produce the idea of infinity.
The usual theory for how the finite mind obtains the idea of infinity is this: "that which never ends." Each one of the ideas in this combination is finite: "that" which means something, "which" is an indicator of a particular something, "never" which means the negative in every case and "ends" which means finite. This means that the effect of this combination should be: "A particular something, the negative in every case, is finite." Literally, this combination should mean that nothingness is always finite. Yet, somehow we get the opposite idea from this combination, the idea of infinity.
Not only this, but this idea of infinity must be a real infinity and not any form of limited infinity because this idea of infinity cannot be about any particular thing, such as a number or an idea. In fact, this supposed idea of infinity cannot be an idea at all, but more like a feeling for the awesome and ineffable.
These conclusions can only mean that the finite mind has erroneously connected the feeling for infinity with the finite combination: "that which never ends." In fact, to obtain the feeling for infinity from this finite combination would require some sort of miraculous leap from the finite to infinity. This leap is simply not possible for the finite mind.
Despite all this, the finite mind does have a feeling for infinity. This can only mean that this feeling for infinity must have been obtained from infinity itself, and therefore, infinity must be real. This feeling cannot be defined because there are no words for it. The closest that the finite mind can come to a definition would be: "Absolute possibilities for everything that can exist, and absolute possibilities for every event that can happen."
This can only mean that since consciousness exists and infinity exists, then an Infinite Consciousness must exist.
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