Numbers and the Bible

Here are Jimmy’s thoughts on mathematical truths:

The simplest issue is that analyticity is not an absolute or flawless indicator of justification. There are equations so long they fill entire books, but these equations are just as analytically true as “2 + 2 = 4.” Simpler equations may be intuitive because of their analyticity combined with simplicity. However, the problem is that analyticity, were it a sufficient source of infallible justification, would justify book-long or even infinitely long equations. Book-long equations can be easily mistaken and infinitely long equations cannot even be computed by the mind.
Also, there’s a huge controversy over the domain of analyticity anyway, and the only route to answering the question, What (sort of) truths are analytical in nature? is to do the hard job of metaphysics.
In the words of the Psalmist, Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. Religious epistemology actually turns out to be vastly humbler than what tripe philosophers have conjured over the centuries.

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