Published by There are very few things I know for sure. I know that 2 plus 2 is 4. I know that ten to the third power is 1000. But I also know pi is just over 3.14159 and less than 3.14160. I know that the relationship of sides of a right triangle follow the a ** 2 + b ** 2 = c ** 2 rule of pothagereous. I know the side opposite an angle of a right triangle is the side times the sine which can never be computed but is close to x – x**3/3! + x**5/5! etc… For those who don’t know 7! (read 7 factorial) is 1*2*3*4*5*6*7 which is 5040 which means that even at 180 degrees this comes very close (.08 or so) in 4 terms.
I know there are things I know and things like the exact values of pi and the sine that I will never know for sure. But I can get the values of pi and the sine close enough to work with. I have worked with computers for over 45 years, I wrote programs when there were no standard routines to compute square roots, sine, cosine, etc. I wrote them in assembler language. I have manually computed them on paper and watched as the series converged to get an accuracy of .1, then .01, then .0001 and so on. If I pursue it I will get closer to the "truth" but I will never get there. I see that in my relationship with God.
I have a lot in common with Pascal in my background. I have studied math, science and the scriptures. Like Pascal, I have no doubt, God exists.
But my understanding of him goes further. I know he created all, I know he cares, I know he sent his only son to die for my sin, my missing the mark.
