In 1931, a brilliant Austrian mathematician by the name of Kurt Gödel shocked the mathematical world with his now famous Incompleteness Theorems. Up to this time, mathematicians were working feverishly at formalizing the mathematical disciplines and trying to show that any rigorous mathematical system was consistent within itself provided that the axioms on which such system was built were solid. Kurt Gödel rocked this world with his theorems that showed that within any mathematical system there were necessarily inconsistencies and that there were theorems within the system that could neither be proved nor disproved. His seminal work at one point during his career even produced a proof which mathematically would validate God?™s existence.

From the above discussion, we are starting to see?”albeit superficially?”some connections among mathematics, faith, and God. Gödel?™s work helped show that mathematics is one giant leap of faith. Yet we see evidence of this leap of faith all around us. Just think of this the next time you go to start your car and try to ponder the interconnection between mathematics, science, and the process of igniting the engine. Yes, mathematics is all around us. Faith has crystallized into belief.

For me the previous exposition is easy to accept and believe. Having studied mathematics from the basic to the advanced levels, I have firmly come to believe that God speaks to us through mathematics and that His wisdom is strewn throughout the many realms of this field. Although for some it is impossible to conceive of an all-knowing power and creator, a dive into the myriad oceans of mathematics quickly makes one realize that it is no more difficult to conceive of such a One than to ponder the complexities and realities of this extraordinary subject.