Just some friction in The Machine

Posted 11:09 PM by Gerald Klaas
Allen Hacker shows his appreciation for the beauty of patterns (and hence mathematics) in nature. It doesn't surprise me that he is intrigued, amazed, amused and waxing philosophic regarding the Golden Proportion. It's the kind of thing that pushes scientists toward a belief in a higher order or Being, especially after studying chaos theory and then finding amazing order in our world. Being the mathematician type, I am particularly interested in what Allen had to say about Fermat's Last Theorem

Besides, the next thing you know, I'd be tempted to explain how F.Sequence resolves Fermat's Theorem ( xn + yn = zn ~n!>2 ). And I have NEVER heard anyone ask for that!

OK, Allen, I'm asking. I'm a believer that Andrew Wiles' proof using eliptic curves may be true, yet probably not what Fermat had in mind. At some point, I believe, an incredibly elegant (and short) proof of Fermat's Last Theorem will be found, and for only the second time in history, another human will have linked what will previously be thought as unrelated areas of mathematics. In my mind, Phi (The Golden Proportion) is as good a candidate as any, as are you, Allen. I'm ready to entertain your thoughts on the Hacker Theorem if you care to share.

And now a message to brother Gene Chapman. Gene is considering another death fast in opposition to the IRS. Before your decision is set, Gene, I'd like to say that I'm against it. Of course I will be supportive of you in whatever decision you make, but I think we've already seen that the Feds are quite willing to let you die on their doorstep rather than live up to their Constitutional obligations. Personally, I think you are the most valuable to the cause in explaining to other Christian ministers how the 503(c) tax exempt status works to muzzle preachers, and how every Christian minister should be steadfastly opposed to the enslavement of men through a tax on what is rightly theirs, i.e., their labor. Gene, I will support you to death, if that's what you believe our Lord asks, but be clear that from my viewpoint, you are much more valuable in the cause working to enlighten the pulpits across America.