The Agnostic Mathematician
In applying mathematics principles to questions of theology, morality, and faith, it can be mathematically shown that many questions cannot be answered. Where science and religion may use experimental evidence or oral/written histories to seek answers to these questions, mathematicians accept the idea of an unknowable truth. As an agnostic faith, the Church of Mathematics happily supports and celebrates people of all cultures and religious ideologies.
Is there a God? Is there an Afterlife?
On the issue of worshiping a God or deity and belief in an afterlife, the Church of Mathematics believes the topic should be left to the reader. All beliefs are valid. In an effort to provide guidance for those seeking answers in what lies beyond, the church recognizes the following three philosophically provable statements as the Fundamental Theorem of Theology.
- The existence of a God or deity is undeniable in that it cannot be disproven.
- The undeniability of a God or deity does not ensure the existence of a God or deity.
- Even if a particular God or deity does exist, it cannot be proven.
These three statements do not support the existence of a God or afterlife nor do they support the non-existence of a God or afterlife. Instead they should be viewed as allowing for the theologically beliefs of all people.
1) The Existence of any God or Deity is Undeniable.
Suppose that there exists a proof that a particular deity does not exist. If we assume that a deity is one who is able to overwrite the truth tables of reality (one who can change the natural order of things), then the proof of non-existence itself could be but the will of that particular deity.
In other words, should a god exist with the power to make the impossible possible, then even if there is evidence which shows the god doesn't exist, that evidence could have just been created by the deity itself. The statement of the non-existence of a deity cannot be proven: their existence is mathematically undeniable.
As such, any claim that there is a god or that a particular object is a god cannot be disproven.
2) The Undeniability of a God or Deity does not ensure the Existence of a God or Deity.
While any claim of the existence of a god cannot be disproven, this does not guarantee the existence of a god. It only means that it can't be disproven.
Suppose that there is an object which is factually not a deity (such an object must exist, otherwise all things are deities). The claim that the object is a deity is then necessarily false. Even though this claim is false, it is mathematically impossible to prove that the object is not a deity.
This means that we cannot state as fact the existence of a particular deity simply because nobody can disprove their existence. A person can claim that the Klein 4-Group is a god and they cannot be disproven, but that does not mean that the Klein 4-Group is actually a god.
3) Even if a particular God or Deity does Exist, it cannot be Proven.
Suppose that there is a particular deity which is proven to exist. The proof itself could be the will of a different deity. As such, the existence of the original deity cannot be proven.