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There is only one being, continuous, material, and motionless.

Let's take a moment to examine a number line.

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70

It's pretty simple to understand. The line represents a distance, and the

"|" characters symbolize different points on the line-the exact points are

differentiated by the number below them.

Any number line is understood to have contain points which aren't

necessarily designated by a number. For example, on the above number line we

know that between 5 and 10 we can find the point 7. This example is

illustrated below.

5 7 10

In fact, it is understood that there are an infinite number of points on

any number line. Between 5 and 7 we can find the points 5.009852, 5.9, 6,

6.262623627000029873257690125762, 6.3336, 6.999, 6.9999, etc.

Rulers are examples of how we might commonly use a number line. Different

rulers mark off different distances such as yards, feet, inches, centimeters,

millimeters, and so on. Obviously rulers cannot be used to measure all

distances because some distances may be too small to be measured practically

with the naked eye.

Hypothetically speaking, let's say you had a worm and a razor blade.

Let's also hypothesize that this particular worm is two inches long. Now if

you were to cut this worm exactly in half you should have "two worms" each one

inch long.

If you then took one of those one inch pieces and cut it in half you would

then have two pieces each one fourth of an inch long-I don't really know how

many times you can cut a worm in half before it stops becoming two worms and

just becomes pieces of worm.

Theoretically, if you had the right tools, you should be able to continue

cutting that worm in half forever. You simply take one of those 1/4 inch

pieces, cut it, and then you have a 1/8 inch piece. Then you cut it again, and

you have a 1/16..1/34..1/68..1/136..etc. And why not? If you placed this worm

(prior to cutting it at all) on a number line and found it covered the distance

between 1 and 2 (and we all know there are an infinite number of points on a

number line) then you should be able to use the worm as a kind of ruler and be

able to locate an infinite number of points on it.

Okay, so now we know worms are an infinite number of points long.

Skyscrapers are also an infinite number of points long. Therefore, worms are

as tall as skyscrapers. Skyscrapers as tall as worms.

Because everything has an infinite number of points and is infinitely

divisible, then everything must be equal in length (width, height, etc.).

How is this possible? Simple. The universe isn't made up of many

different things, it's just one singular object.

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