Describing God Mathematically

Why would attempting to describe God mathematically be so unusual? The emphasis here of course, is on ‘attempting’ to describe God mathematically. It’s quite similar to attempting to describe God with words. We know they are inadequate, but we at least try, because words are related to concepts, and concepts are what we need in order to know God. And God wants us to know him. The better we can describe God verbally or mathematically, the better we can know him, and I think he would be quite pleased.

We describe God in terms of his action and the results of his action. We describe the universe as best we can mathematically, and as we do so, we become increasingly amazed at his magnitude and power. There is one mathematical symbol nobody objects to and that is infinity. So why not try others?

Just as describing a painting gives us some idea of the nature of the painter, so describing God’s creation gives us some idea of what an amazing God he really is. For example, how powerful he is.

If E=mc2 then we can get some approximation of that energy by estimating the mass in the universe. Similarly, we could find out how much God loves us.

We describe God in terms of love, for God is love. Is love quantifiable? To a certain extent, yes. Since love is meeting needs, and needs are quantifiable, we could have some idea of the magnitude of God’s love by multiplying the number of needs that an individual has by the number of people. Is this a good exercise?

Yes, it is high time that we estimated the number of needs that an individual has. With all due respects to Mazloff and others who have indicated what are a person’s primary needs, I strongly disagree.

An individual’s needs are determined by their blueprint. How many components of a person’s blueprint are there? Well, it’s not infinity, but it certainly is a large number.

As a person develops, they need specific ingredients to their development at different stages of that development. What does a child need growing up?  They need affection, affirmation, bonding. They need skin contact, they need the appropriate nutrition, the right amount of water, salt, calories, rest, and these can only be determined by understanding the child’s blueprint. This puts a great emphasis upon the need of parents to observe their children, and gradually discern that blueprint. Parenting after all is both knowing your child and providing what they need in terms of ingredients, modeling, instruction, etc.

It’s high time we attempted to describe God if for no other reason than to realize how very difficult that would be. But our attempts would bring us in touch with God’s nature, his power, knowledge and wisdom.