Is mathematics the language of God?

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It is often said that mathematics is the language of God. What should we think of this? Is mathematics something created by humans and thus purley abstract? Or something real in the universe? Or perhaps even the universe itself? Something that the universe is founded upon? Is it perhaps the language of God that he used to create and sustain the universe? (I majored in philosophy and minored in math and just want to see other Catholics opinions and point of view before I spout mine).
 
I saw a tee shirt one time that read:

“God said” then listed Maxwell’s equations then “and there was light”
 
Mathematics is the language physical existence is written in.

So yeah , to the extent God has a language we can understand, that would be it.

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Isaiah 55:8.

My ways are not your ways , my thoughts are not your thought,
 
Facetious answer:

No.
*Latin *is the language of God. 😃

Seriouser answer:

No.
Didn’t Gödel show that mathematics either fails to express some truth, or manages to express an untruth? (Either of which would disqualify it as the *language of God *in my book)

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An atheist told me that the intelligibility of the universe is the closest proof of the existence of God.
 
Mathematics is descriptive. It is something we use in order to understand science. It may be the foundation of our science, but it is not the foundation of nature itself. So I would say no, it is not God’s language. Neither God nor Nature have any need for mathematics.
 
If you’re a Muslim, the the Creator speaks Arabic.

If you’re a primitive Baptist, then He speaks 16th century Elizabethan English.

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If you’re a Muslim, the the Creator speaks Arabic.

If you’re a primitive Baptist, then He speaks 16th century Elizabethan English.

🤷
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Right. I think our friends are looking at the universal aspect of Mathematics, and how it can be considered/used as a former of communication. However, I wouldn’t call it a “language”. God didnt communicate to the Prophets, kings, Apostles, etc. using Mathematics. But mathematics can be used to relate measurements and times and symbols within the whole of communication.
 
And if you’re Jewish, you would say that God used the Hebrew language to create the universe. And since the Hebrew letters are also used as numbers, then maybe you could say that God used mathematics when he “spoke” and created the world.
 
Jesus_Is_God said:
It is often said that mathematics is the language of God. What should we think of this? Is mathematics something created by humans and thus purley abstract? Or something real in the universe? Or perhaps even the universe itself? Something that the universe is founded upon? Is it perhaps the language of God that he used to create and sustain the universe? (I majored in philosophy and minored in math and just want to see other Catholics opinions and point of view before I spout mine).
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Mathematics provides a description of the order and structure of the universe.
It is not inclusive of all order.
It is a language in the sense that it is used both internally and amongst ourselves to communicate our understanding the world.

Rather than being created by humans, mathematics reflects our capacity for reason, which has been given to us.
It is abstract in the sense that it is not physical in nature.
In fact, it is required to explain the physical.

Mathematics exists, so it is real and part of the universe.
It reveals much of how the universe is put together and how it works.
It is an important part of our relational nature, that which connects what is other to the self which knows, feels and acts.
As part of our connection to what is, some of the structure of creation, in which we participate, is revealed through mathematics.
 
On the one hand, where in the Catechism of the Catholic Church is mathematics described?

On the other hand, NASA is getting ready to launch a new telescope into space. [Webb?]

jwst.nasa.gov

It’s the size of a tennis court, but folds into a suitcase.

Pray it all goes well.

jwst.nasa.gov/jwstArt/
 
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It is often said that mathematics is the language of God. What should we think of this? Is mathematics something created by humans and thus purley abstract? Or something real in the universe? Or perhaps even the universe itself? Something that the universe is founded upon? Is it perhaps the language of God that he used to create and sustain the universe? (I majored in philosophy and minored in math and just want to see other Catholics opinions and point of view before I spout mine).
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Would personally say the language of God is truth, expressed in love.

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michaEl?
 
Jesus_Is_God said:
It is often said that mathematics is the language of God. What should we think of this? Is mathematics something created by humans and thus purley abstract? Or something real in the universe? Or perhaps even the universe itself? Something that the universe is founded upon? Is it perhaps the language of God that he used to create and sustain the universe? (I majored in philosophy and minored in math and just want to see other Catholics opinions and point of view before I spout mine).
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Nah, the Five Transcendentals better fit that bill then the Predicamentals (of which the accident “number” is a fairly insignificant member).
 
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