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Originally Posted by Journeyman
Yeesh, a bit late to the game, but...
A god that is all powerful and all knowing would be hard pressed to make, say, a married bachelor, or a rock so heavy that he could not lift it. He can't make 2 plus 2 equal 5. Even if the earth and all within was the result of a creator with intent, the abstract concept of the number 2 is, I contend, independent of any deity.
This applies to the Fibbonaci sequence, and the golden ratio. God or not, these numbers are on a level of abstractness that is independent of anything tangible, or intangible:
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Exactly!
If you measure the diameter of the iris of your eye, and then measure the circumference of the iris, you will find that they are in an exact ratio of 1:pi!
Do we need to ask "what is the evolutionary value of having a ratio of 3.14159...?" Do our genes code for pi? Is this evidence for God?
No! Of course not. The fact is that in creating a circle, pi must logically fall out of it. You get your pi for free.
Similarly when you create a spiral that turns at a constant rate and grows with a constant acceleration (e.g. sea shells) you will get a logarithmic spiral, and phi falls out of this naturally.