If u could ask GOD 1 question......

[Dozy_production 10+ year member]

I would ask him to let me understand infinity

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

I would ask him to let me understand infinity

The word infinity comes from the Latin infinitas or "unboundedness." It refers to several distinct concepts (usually linked to the idea of "without end" or "bigger than the biggest thing you can think of") which arise in philosophy, mathematics, theology and everyday life.

In popular usage, infinity is usually thought of as something like "the largest possible number" or "the furthest possible distance" : hence naïve questions such as "what is the next number after infinity?" or "if you travel to infinity, what happens if you then go a bit further?". However, Buzz Lightyear's rallying cry ("To infinity — and beyond!"), since it is clearly meant by the filmmakers to be part of Buzz's grandiose delusions and humourously reflect Buzz's limited intellect, actually implies that at least some members of the audience will realise that the concept of "beyond infinity" is ridiculous. However, Buzz's slogan may also be viewed as the rallying cry of set theorists considering large cardinals.1

In mathematics, "infinity" is often used in contexts where it is treated as if it were a number (i.e., it counts or measures things : "an infinite number of terms") but it is clearly a very different type of "number" than the integers or reals. Infinity is relevant to, or the subject matter of, limits, aleph numbers, classes in set theory, Dedekind-infinite sets, large cardinals, Russell's paradox, hyperreal numbers, projective geometry, extended real numbers and the absolute Infinite.

In philosophy, infinity can be attributed to space and time, as for instance in Kant's first antinomy. In both theology and philosophy, infinity is explored in articles such as the Ultimate, the Absolute, God, and Zeno's paradoxes. In Greek philosophy, for example in Anaximander, 'the Boundless' is the origin of all that is. He took the beginning or first principle to be an endless, unlimited primordial mass (apeiron). In Judeo-Christian theology, for example in the work of theologians such as Duns Scotus, the infinite nature of God invokes a sense of being without constraint, rather than a sense of being unlimited in quantity.

In a photographic context, infinity is used as the furthest point that a lens can resolve focusing of the subject. This is not exactly true though, as some lens are designed to focus past infinity. These are usually more specialized types of equipment, as now most modern lens types are only designed to focus to infinity. Lenses designed to focus past infinity are mostly used in the scientific field, as these lenses can focus light from the far end of the spectrum beyond visible sight i.e. infra-red. This light travels at a different wave length to visible light, and as such needs to be focused differently to what we can see with the human eye. Generally these types of lenses will either have a marking on the lens barrel next to the focusing ring, with a red dot or marked with the initials IR, denoting the Infra-Red setting.

 

[Dozy_production 10+ year member]

bigger than the biggest thing you can think of

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif did you have that much trouble with what i said? Sure there is a definition but can you picture it? Can you even comprehend an unending plane?

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

i'd ask if everything in the bible absolutely, LITERALLY happened.

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif did you have that much trouble with what i said? Sure there is a definition but can you picture it? Can you even comprehend an unending plane?

no genius, i was just trying to help. maybe you should be more specific next time. try to think of a circle, thats the best example i can think of that you can picture

 

[Dozy_production 10+ year member]

no genius, i was just trying to help. maybe you should be more specific next time. try to think of a circle, thats the best example i can think of that you can picture

Well its kinda self explanatory. Why would i ask god for something i could find of Wikipedia or some dictionary site? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

i'd ask if everything in the bible absolutely, LITERALLY happened.

it says somewhere in tha bible that if even one thing is incorrect or contradictory, the whole bible is a lie. and theres always people out there trying to find these errors, but the bible isnt always literal and it was written thousands of years ago, so its very often misenterpreted

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

Well its kinda self explanatory. Why would i ask god for something i could find of Wikipedia or some dictionary site? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

cause your lazy? or maybe u just never saw the best definition to give u a good mental picture of infinity...

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

Well its kinda self explanatory. Why would i ask god for something i could find of Wikipedia or some dictionary site? :eyebrow:

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[adio 5,000+ posts]

it says somewhere in tha bible that if even one thing is incorrect or contradictory, the whole bible is a lie. and theres always people out there trying to find these errors, but the bible isnt always literal and it was written thousands of years ago, so its very often misenterpreted

funny u typed this........ edit is coming

 

[Dozy_production 10+ year member]

cause your lazy? or maybe u just never saw the best definition to give u a good mental picture of infinity...

Look im not going to argue. Your not making much sense to me and im not making much sense to you. Drop it please? it was just what i would ask him. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

funny u typed this........ edit is coming

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif theyd edit that? why? its not gonna stir a debate or anything. who would argue that...

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I would ask him why he made me so dam hairy!!! I would add dam too!

 

[adio 5,000+ posts]

i'd ask if everything in the bible absolutely, LITERALLY happened + edit =

i'd ask if everything in the bible, things that are supposed to be literal and not a definite allegory (when jesus said " i am the vine" know jesus wasn't a plant!! ) absolutely, LITERALLY happened.

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

Look im not going to argue. Your not making much sense to me and im not making much sense to you. Drop it please? it was just what i would ask him. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

christ, your getting too bent outta shape for this man. i was just trying to bring you some insight into the uncomprehendable. i didnt say you had to take it or that it would even help. and yes that was wikepedia, im not trying to actually waste any of my valuable time for a philosophical question on a car audio forum