Why would Fundamentalists think Set Theory is anti-Christian?
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Personally, I believe that there is no such thing as infinity in the rational material world. When used as mathematical concepts, they are ok, for Mathematics are a rational science. But I as an (Eastern Orthodox) Christian, admit that many concepts that Maths admit are not possible in real material life.
Also this case is with the number Pi, which is not only irrational, but transcendental. This means that in the material world, it is not possible to construct a perfect circle out of anything. Nevertheless, equations and formulae with Pi which involve perfect circles exist and will continue to exist...
I believe, but I don't hold this is the ultimate truth, that it's ok to imagine that infinity and other ideas related to perfection exist within Mathematics for the good flow of our work, but we should say they are not really possible in the 'worldly' world.
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"Is it anti Christian" is a Truth question. Answering in such a way as to avoid that...
From a doctrinal or even denominational perspective, the answer is "no". Do some Christians think this way? Yes.
The author of the article does, however, quite accurately describe the mindset of certain types of individuals within more conservative, fundemantalist Churches like those that I favor and prefer. I am personally friends who share the type of mindset he describes. In some of the examples, I fit the stereotype he's describing.
One of the relevant statements made in the article is this:
I can tell you from experience that A Beka (and Bob Jones University Press) are stridently against modernism in all its forms. (I'm assuming they're against post-modernism, too, but you have to understand that the opinions and perspectives this sort of Christian fundamentalism has about society and culture were formed between the late 1920s and early 1970s and, because of this, the culture wars that they are fighting often come across as confusingly antiquated.)
He's dead-on there. There is a culture of anti-modernism inherent in Fundamentalist culture and the Fundamentalist mindset.
And there are certainly individuals that I know that would say, "Amen, brother!" to the A Beka statements. But none of them would confuse such a thing as a Doctrinal issue. Another hallmark of Fundamentalism is a strong belief in Sola Scriptura, and a rabid belief in sound doctrine. This isn't to say that they wouldn't argue that such things are true. Certainly, there are, as I said, those who believe such, but they know the difference between such beliefs and doctrine.
Rather they might say that their opposition to modernism is an application of doctrine. They believe x is evil, dangerous, wrong, etc, because of doctrine y.
So they might argue that set theory is anti-Christian, but that is a personal interpretation and application of doctrine, not a doctrinal statement in and of itself.
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