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Our God Thinks in Math

from Far Out by Mighty Magic Pants

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OUR GOD THINKS IN MATH

There are more stars
Out in outer space
Than the earth has grains of sand.
wow
Even light years
Can’t quite measure it,
Yet it all fits in his hand.

While a hundred billion galaxies
are like tiny little pebbles in his path,
our God can count each particle,
cuz our God thinks in math.

Math? But God loves poetry,
Right, and that’s why he made flowers.
And God loves comedy,
Right, and that’s why he made you.
He clearly loves to paint,
Loves to sculpt, loves to design.
But when he dreamed the universe,
He had math in mind.
Cuz our God thinks in math.

Mike: So if we measure universe with light years, how big is a light year?
Tori: The distance light travels in a year.
Mike: Okay, how far is that?
Tori: Let’s figure it out. Light travels 186, 287.5 miles—
Mike: An hour?
Tori: A second. And let’s see, if there are 60 seconds in a minute, then there are 3600 seconds an hour. So do some quick math-- that means there clearly 31,557,600 seconds a year.
Mike: Clearly.
Tori: So times that by 186,287.5 miles and you get what we mathematicians call—a lot.
Mike: Okay, so how many light years across is our universe.
Tori: Oh, at least 46 billion.

Quantum physists
try to measure it
but at best they only guess.

Yet our maker,
who’s even bigger
is in love with each of us.

While a hundred billion galaxies
are tiny little pebbles in his path,
our God can count each particle,
cuz our God thinks in math.

God loves geography.
That’s we have Australia.
God loves biology.
How to explain the heart.
God loves geology
And thus the grand canyon
and what about theology
and just how little we all know.

He clearly loves to dance,
loves weird bugs of every kind.
But when he dreamed the universe,
He had math in mind.
Cuz our God thinks in math.

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from Far Out, released September 27, 2016

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Mighty Magic Pants Lincoln, Nebraska

Winners of the prestigious Parent’s Choice Award, The Mighty Magic Pants began in 2012 when Mike Mennard, award-winning children’s musician and poet, craved some good harmonies. What he got was a marvelous comic pop-rock vocal band the brought together music, poetry, humor, and optimism. The group released three albums—Gotta Be the Pants (2012), Far Out (2014), and It Must Be Christmas (2014). ... more

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