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Mathematics Vs. Everything Else
Analytic comparison of views on , and ETC.

"How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!" This satirical statement is a clever mnemonic device for remembering the first 15 digits of pi (including the first "3"). Note how the number of letters is the same as each respective digit.

Human was the music, Natural was the static - John Updike

What seems to inevitably come up are three major opinions on the topic of religion vs. math/science: 1) religion is right, 2) math is right, 3) (this is the most controversial by far), encoded within the digits of pi is the message that "God/supernatural force is in mathematics". It is a well known un-spoken fact that any true intellectual must acknowledge all aspects of a problem, regardless of his/her own personal opinions. An educated worshipper of God and an "atheistic" scientist must each accept the combination of both worlds into an ultimate solution concerning the mysteries of life. Science in itself cannot exist without a basic code of morality or human ethics. Much of religion is based on such morality codes, so even in science which is largely an area of pure fact, there are "religious" standards. In religion, even with the Church's denial of Galileo's discovery and countless other scientists, philosophers, etc., the Church or religion in general has accepted the fact that intertwined within religion are certain undeniable mathematical proofs. The two, however much controversy is sparked between God-followers and atheists, are paradoxical views that are on the same line of life. If one was love and the other hate, then theoretically they both would be "on different sides of ONE coin".
When one mentions such "big" elements of the programmed human world such as The Bible, morality and the universe, it leaves room for a lot of so-called highly sophisticated debates. Sometimes it is so curious to me that the greatest minds of our centuries never talked, they simply did, and were introverts as opposed to the semi-brilliant populace that sits down on a regular basis in rustic coffee shops discussing Nietzche. At times I feel much like the "know-it-all" who finds him- or her-self to be intelligent and educated. On better days I realize that truly, "the more I learn the more I realize how little I know" Albert Einstein. I am not an expert in any field, nor do I dare to make the claim that my grand theory about life is the correct one. BUT, I do realize

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