In the world of religion, wars have been fought over sprinkling as opposed to dunking, but no one has ever gone to war over Geometry.
No matter the country, language, religion, politics or ethnic group, everyone agrees on Geometry.
But you can't find two denominations, even within the same faith that agree on religion.
Is it because there simply is no objective truth to religious matter?
2007-06-01 00:56:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, actually, not everyone does agree regarding geometry. There's the Euclidean geometry that folks get taught in high school, and then there's non-Euclidean geometry which has a different (though not mutually exclusive) set of postulates. So in a manner of speaking, there *are* sects in geometry.
I rather suspect that when religious factions go to war specifically over a disagreement as to which "axioms" and "postulates" of their world view are correct that it has more to do with wielding political power than a concern for the propagation of Truth per se. If geometry was perceived as being a defining aspect of one's culture or if subscription to a given system of geometric theory had political consequences-- and if people who disagreed had the material resources to muster a fighting force and go to war-- then it is in the realm of possibility that people would wage war over it. Humans fight over nearly everything else.
2007-06-01 01:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by euclid 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pi=3.1416
I can't go farther than that because I was only in private school for 2 years! ;-)
I believe that the creationists consider pi to be 12 because there were 12 apostles and the day is divided into 12 twice.
2007-06-01 08:17:45 · answer #2 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason there is no agreement is because people have been going about knowing God and spirituality backwards, by coming up with concepts, then trying to imagine the reality.
The correct way would be to experience the reality, then try and attach a concept that accurately describes that reality so that somone who doesn't experience that reality could have some idea of their inner experience..............Oh, that's how religions got started :-(
2007-06-01 08:08:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jameskan Video 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when there is an absolute truth, you can't deny it, therefore you can't argue over it.
there is no known truth to religion, it's just one person's belief vs another
not to say any religion isn't true, it very well could be, but nobody actually knows, and won't, until they die
2007-06-01 08:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is exactly the reason. Many religious people can't, or won't, think for themselves.
2007-06-01 08:09:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pi = 3.14 (I can't go further than that. I'm a public school student)
No argument. Just truth.
2007-06-01 07:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
3.14159
I'm a hs dropout.
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2007-06-01 08:02:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋