Math is just a logic, so it is just as a sequence of if-then statements with PREDICTABLE outcome. In contrast, acts of gods are NOT PREDICTABLE and even NOT EXPLAINABLE by logic.

So, this is the difference between religion and science: science (=math) predicts how things HAVE to behave, what they SHOULD consist of, and how they CAN NOT behave and what they CAN NOT consist of. That is what is ment by saying that math RULES and SHAPES universe(s).

In contrast, faith CAN NOT explain why things behave the way they do, CAN NOT PREDICT the outcome from initial conditions and can NOT say what objects/phenomena can exist and what can not.

• Alex, you're saying that there can be no "platonic" free-will? - smartguy - October 30, 2001 - 01:17 UTC
  • If that were so, why so much craziness? why? - philosofir - October 30, 2001 - 02:05 UTC
  • By unpredictability of acts of mythical gods I mean - alexander - October 30, 2001 - 02:12 UTC
    • Entanglement? - yanniru - October 30, 2001 - 15:16 UTC
      • Entangled particles DO obey all natural laws. - alexander - October 30, 2001 - 16:43 UTC
        • They do not obey the laws of general relativity - yanniru - October 31, 2001 - 15:59 UTC
          • Really? What exactly they do not obey? - alexander - November 5, 2001 - 10:10 UTC
            • EPR paradox - yanniru - November 6, 2001 - 14:59 UTC