Notes About The Poem

The difference between numbers and numerals is that numbers are abstract entities (non-physical) and numerals are their symbols or instantiations. This prose is in the shape of the Roman numeral II (2)

Numeral II

Picture Professor Bahnsen are at a blackboard, and he draws the numer-
al two on the blackboard. Professor Bahnsen then asks “Is that the numb 
-er two?”    One students  says “Yes.” Professor Bahnsen then erases  the 
numeral and asks the class “If that was the number two it's gone forever.                                                        
	     the point being that              numbers are not physic-
	     al so how does    an              atheist account for coun
	     -ting? how does  an              unbeliever   (if being tru
	     e to atheism) as a na             turalist with matter and 
	     motion being the wo            rldview account for abst-
	     ractions like number             -s they must beg the qu
	     estion which is enga             -ging in circular reasonin
	     g you can’t truly  be             an atheist you        must 
             borrow from the Chr             istian worldview to make                                               
	     sense out of  reason             ethics and knowledge No      
	     -ne of these is physi-            cal or either made of ma
tter or in constant motion. So how can atheists use numbers they must 
rely on the Christian worldview. If you are going to be true to   atheism 
you shouldn’t care about the result of any instance. Being bio-bags   of 
chemicals, after all what one animal does to another    is        irrelevant
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Rodrigues Avatar
December 1, 2024 at 9:39 AM
The Christian worldview has morals (not everchanging man made ones), bring reasoning (which the world tries to usurp), helps the world make sense.
Ramel Avatar
December 1, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Yes and Amen....thanks for your comment Kim......praising Jesus today for not only being the reason for the season, but for being the reason for reason......Merry Christmas and a blessed 2025
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