Thursday, March 13, 2014

My application of math in a spiritual way

What's up mathland!? I serriously could not find any topic to do a math post on, but I suddenly remembered that we did an extra credit assignment last semester, that did apply math to Christianity.
Now of course, remember than no virtue or element of Christianity can be calculated in terms of math, because they are all aspects of the heart, not the mind.

Even though we cannot describe God or the universe with mathematically calculate functions or equations, we can truly create analogies that may be of more value. These analogies could possible be how our life works. The function y=mx+b describes the equation of a line. Let y be our continuous line. It is important to know that even though our life ends at a certain point, it will always continue in the after-life, just like how a line has no beginning and no end. Now, let mx+b represent the factors that affect y. Life has its  “ups” and “downs” similarly how a slope can be positive or negative in our basic equation. Now, let x be the decisions we make in our life. The degree of a slope depends on the value of x. Similarly, the degree of our “ups” and “downs” in our life is totally dependent on the decisions we make in our life. Therefore, our general life is completely dependent on our actions. However, allow b represent a divine intervention or influence. In a line, the value of b either lowers or raises the y-intercept. Similarly, if we allow divine intervention enter our lives, our lives can be much better or positive on the graph. However, even with divine intervention, our decisions may be negative and our lives will become even more terrible despite intervention. Therefore, humans must make positive decisions in order to live out the best of their capabilities.
So how about this philosophy!? Please comment on this opinion. It's a little bit out of the blue.

2 comments:

  1. Interesting analogy. The only issue is that I don't think our ups and downs are totally dependent on our choices. But good job making math apply to our life and our faith.

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  2. Sounds great ted! I am a little bit confused as to how the y intercept, symbolic of divine intervention, actually controls whether the slope is negative or positive. However nice Biblical application!

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