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Solve the following equation! But what constitutes the equation? You need to solve that first! |
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March
26, 2016
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Why is 90% wrong?
Similarly,
why does a greater percentage fail to rightly divide the word of truth, the Holy
Scriptures?
Putting
aside the trick elements, the mathematical exercise above serves as a good
example of the need to rightly divide the word of truth.
"Solve the following equation" presupposes that there is an equation; therefore, what constitutes the equation is the most basic question
to ask. If we don't know the equation, how can we determine the answer?
Different
people have different ways of seeing and assuming what constitutes the
equation, thus ending up with different answers. Many do so by sight, WITHOUT
observing or heeding any mathematical rules. Some do it by observing basic
rules. Sometimes the problem lies in the so-called equation is expressed poorly
or misleadingly.
Basic
assumption: since this is a mathematical matter, basic mathematical rules
apply.
So,
what's your answer, and show us how did you arrive at it.
What
constitutes the equation? Why?
Enjoy
the discussion.
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Various answers were given... take a look here:
https://www.facebook.com/sing.f.lau/posts/10206083524622622
Some
thoughts.
1.
No one seems to give a thought to the question, "what constitutes the
equation?"
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one can assume that the three separate lines constitutes an equation, and work from
there. Is that assumption true then?
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one can demonstrate what actually constitutes the equation, and work out the
answer from there.
2.
To get 30,
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You need to join up the three lines into one like this, thusly:
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 11 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 11 + 1 + 1 x 0 + 1 = 30.
You
must falsely assume that there are two 11s. Then it should be written like
this:
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 11 +
1 +
1 + 1 + 11 +1 +
1 x 0 + 1 + = ?
Lesson: Don't imagine what's NOT there; don't READ INTO the Scriptures!
3.
To get 12,
-
You need to ADD two pluses + to the end of the first two lines, thus
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +
1 +
1 x 0 + 1 = ?
1 +
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1+ 1 + 1 x 0 + 1 = 12.
I
suggest this method amounts to ADDING TO SCRIPTURES at best. On what basis do
you do it?
If
you can arbitrarily imagine the two pluses, why not other mathematical signs
such as "x", "-" or "/". And what if others
choose other signs? How?
Imagine
putting two "-" signs instead. Or two "/" or "x"
signs or a mixture of any two of them!
Lesson: Don't imagine what's NOT there; don't READ INTO the Scriptures!
In terms of an equation, the first line is UNrelated to the second line; the second line is UNrelated to the third line; there is an equation in the third line, i.e. 1 + 1 x 0 + 1 + = ?
Therefore the answer is: 1 +
(1 x 0) + 1 = 2.
However, at this stage, some would say the answer is 1. They would add up all the "1" first and then multiply that by "0", i.e. 12 x 0; and then 0 + 1 = 1.
Lesson: hermeneutical principles must be observed.
