Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?

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Also, just to emphasize again, I have no doubt, that you can potentially make up numbers forever in your head (at least hypothetically).  What I doubt is an actual infinity of physical things.  What is it that you are saying that these numbers represent?

What I think that you are saying, is that there are an infinite number of positions (points) which have zero size in and of themselves, that you can envision on that line. You could potentially always envision another point of subdivision for any set of points I could give.   Would you agree that this represents what you are saying?    My contention is that these points are just an abstract.  There are not an infinite number of things on the line, and you don't even really need the line.

And once again, the question was whether a completed infinity is *logically* problematic. You have just admitted it isn't.

I agree the question is open whether it actually happens in the real world (let alone how we could verify that fact). But there is no *logical* problem with an infinite regress, or infinitely many galaxies, etc. Nobody expects an infinite amount of stuff in an enclosed location.

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Well, we do not know if space is infinite in extent. If it is, there are an infinite number of stars.

I can show you any number of physics books that assume an infinite time into the past. It isn't a *logical* problem. Whether it is reality is another thing. But the problem isn't the logic.

Plus, I don't see why not? There has to be something way more beyond just this local universe. Even if this universe is our limit as human beings, it doesn't mean that out there, there isn't the "beyond" that is an illustration of actual infinities.

It isn't really clear to me what you are asking about. It is *possible* that space curves around on itself and is finite in extent. Currently, the *bet* is that this is not the case and that space is actually infinite. But it could be curved and just very, very big.