Tentatively Christian; looking for a reasonable discussion

[Mudhammam]

I'm not sure that I see a good analogy there. That smells are subjective experiences caused by particular properties of physical objects interacting with sense organs, which then translate molecular information into a conscious reality---while marvelously strange---lacks the unexpected feature of being a purely abstract relationship only to be conceived in thoughts (granting a physical basis of mind), thoughts that provide the entire framework for how phenomena operates, whether it is perceived or not, using principles represented by signs that appear objectively, even absolutely, true. Physics may defy our conception of logic, but I don't know if anyone would dare say it defies math.