If you know me, you know I am the opposite of a math person. I cry when given anything remotely related to algebra. That being said, I actually remember a few things about geometry. Geometry always got me thinking about infinity. In geometry there are points, lines and line segments. A point is infinitesimally small, so much so that once you draw it, it's extended beyond its own limits. A line is a series of points that extends infinitely in both directions, and a line segment is a series of points that starts at one point and extends infinitely in one direction. I think that Pascal's description of human knowledge is extremely similar to these plots. God's knowledge is like a line, extending forever into the future and forever behind us. Our knowledge is unlike a point, so small that it is unable to be seen; there is at least something there. And since one could argue that one never stops learning once one begins, I would say that human knowledge is similar to a line segment; starting at one point (birth) and continuing on forever. I would argue that we will not become gods in heaven and therefore will not yet have full knowledge, and the afterlife will be spent learning eternally about God.
Abbie Hedden
PS I commented on Kayla and Hannah's posts.
Abbie Hedden
PS I commented on Kayla and Hannah's posts.
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