God and Math: Exploring Beauty
For many people, math is only valuable to the extent that it’s useful. That makes math a negative thing to put up with, rather than a thing of beauty to explore for its own sake.
Many Christians do the same thing with God: they make him a means to an end (health, wealth, etc.) rather than the end itself. This utilitarian view of God misses out on who God is and why he’s worthy of worship.
Starting off in any discipline requires rules and boundaries as you begin to acquire the building blocks for that area of study. But the more you explore the beauty of math (or God), the more you experience the unbounded wonder of the thing. 1 Corinthians 2:13-16
Both scripture and Christianity are useful and life-changing in a practical way. But more than that, God is beautiful–worth worshiping in “the beauty of his holiness”. 2 Timothy 3:16, Psalm 29:2
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