[Tripple Seven]

Originally Posted by ndigila

If a = b, then a - b = 0. As you should know from basic algebra, you cannot divide any number by zero! Therefore (a - b) CANNOT cancel out, meaning that your conclusion is flase.

Very good, but since a and b are variables, i'm canceling out the (a-b) terms before evaluating what (a-b) is. Remember, we own the math, the math doesn't own us.


Even before getting that far, how can a = b if they are both different numbers? That's a mathematical imposiblity. It's like writing 7 = 8.
Finally, if you do substitute the a and b with numbers AND you do the mathematically impossible by dividing by zero, your conclusion still won't hold. e.g. if a and b are both 2, then the end equation (a + b) = 2 becomes (2 + 2) = 2, which of course we know it isn't!

Exactly, so there is either a flaw in the numerical system or in the algebra theory. Infact, one of the main issues we have in trying to come up with this new numerical system is how deal with 0.

Anyway, after hijacking this thread, we should get back to what the thread really is about. (Polygamy)

The Bible only makes it clear that Bishops should have one wife. For others, it is silent.

Hey man fight alittle bit this man atlan or whoever he is is scaring the hell out of you. You own the math do something. Fight to the bitter end. I left the battlefield coz of my irrelevant major but am sure you can do better or isn't it not?