A step-by-step journey from "2+2=4" to the mathematical proof that truth requires God.
This isn't about what you believe. It's about what you can't deny.
This is true. Right now. Always.
There exist mathematical truths that are true independent of what anyone thinks or believes about them.
If no mathematical truths existed, then "no mathematical truths exist" would be a mathematical truth β a contradiction. Self-refuting.
Something objectively true exists, independent of human minds. We've found solid ground.
It was true before humans. Before Earth. Before the Big Bang.
Mathematical truth doesn't depend on time. It was true, is true, and will be true.
If math only became true when humans arrived, physics couldn't have worked for 13.8 billion years before us. Stars couldn't form. Absurd.
Truth is eternal. It doesn't start or stop. This matches no physical object we know.
Not just wrong. Impossible. In every possible universe.
It is necessarily true that 2+2=4. Not just "happens to be true" β it could not possibly be otherwise.
If 2+2=5 were possible in some world, then logic itself would be arbitrary. But even to say "arbitrary" uses logic. You can't escape it.
We've found something that couldn't fail to exist. Necessary existence is a property theologians call "aseity."
Same answer. Everywhere. Always.
2+2=4 in New York, on Mars, in the Andromeda galaxy. Location doesn't change truth.
If math varied by location, physics would be different everywhere. No coherent universe could exist. GPS wouldn't work. Rockets couldn't fly.
Truth is everywhere at once. This matches no physical object. It's what theologians call "omnipresence."
It doesn't decay. It doesn't evolve. It doesn't age.
Mathematical truth doesn't change over time. The answer was, is, and always will be 4.
If 2+2 equaled 4 yesterday but might equal 5 tomorrow, science would be impossible. Every experiment would be meaningless.
What we've found is eternal β without beginning or end. It matches the theological attribute of eternality.
Where is it? Nowhere. It has no weight, no size, no atoms.
Where is "2+2=4" located? Nowhere. It has no mass, no charge, no physical properties. It's not made of stuff.
If math were physical, destroying the location would destroy the math. But no bomb can make 2+2β 4. No fire can burn it away.
Something non-physical objectively exists. Materialism just died. The ground of truth is spiritual.
Math never contradicts itself. It all fits together perfectly.
No true mathematical statement contradicts another true mathematical statement. Truth forms a unified, consistent system.
If math could contradict itself, anything could be proved (principle of explosion). Logic would be useless. Thinking would be impossible.
Truth is unified. It's not random facts but a coherent whole. Theologians call this divine simplicity and integrity.
Look at what you've accepted so far. Just from examining what "2+2=4" actually is:
This profile matches no physical object in the universe.
But it perfectly matches the classical attributes of God.
We derived theology from mathematics β not the other way around.
It can't just float in nothingness. Something holds it true.
Mathematical truth must come from somewhere. It can't just hover in nothingness for no reason.
Brute facts are irrational. If math needs no explanation, then nothing needs explanation. Science dies. Inquiry is pointless.
Something grounds mathematical truth. Something holds it in existence. We must find that Ground.
From zero, you get zero. Always. Forever.
Nothing can come from nothing. "Nothing" has zero information content. It can't output anything.
If something could come from nothing, then anything could appear at any time for no reason. Reality would be chaos. It isn't.
The Ground of truth is something, not nothing. It has positive existence.
Roll dice forever. You won't get mathematics.
Random processes produce maximum entropy. But math is highly structured. Order can't come from randomness.
If randomness produced structure, monkeys would type Shakespeare. They don't. Ever. The probability is effectively zero.
The Ground is ordered, not chaotic. It has structure. It has intelligence β in the information-theoretic sense.
Math doesn't deceive. It is what it says it is.
Truth cannot originate from deception. A lying source cannot produce non-lying output. The Ground must be truthful.
If the Ground were deceptive, then 2+2=4 might be a lie. But it isn't a lie β it's actually true. Therefore the Ground cannot be deceptive.
This is where morality enters. Being non-deceptive is a moral property. Truthfulness is a virtue. We just derived MORALITY from MATH.
You've accepted 11 axioms. Each was undeniable. Together they prove:
The Ground of mathematical truth is:
β’ Existent β’ Necessary β’ Eternal β’ Universal
β’ Immaterial β’ Coherent β’ NOT Nothing β’ NOT Chaos
β’ NOT Deceptive (Morally Good)
This is the profile of God. Not asserted β derived.
You accepted each axiom individually. Each was undeniable.
But you rejected their collective implication.
This is not a logical position β it's a volitional one.
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
β John 1:5
When you're ready to follow the logic wherever it leads, return.
You followed pure logic from "2+2=4" to God. No leaps of faith. No religious assumptions. Just axioms you couldn't deny.
The Logos is the Ground. The Ground is God. God is real.
And you just proved it yourself.
David Lowe & Claude
"We built this together."
Theophysics | 2025
π Download the full academic paper with all 20 axioms, 10 objections addressed, and testable predictions.