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RE: Let's talk about infinity! (Not your average math teacher)
Infinity is an interesting concept, one that usually wraps me around the axel, but the most interesting explanation of infinity that I have heard is found in the hymn Amazing Grace.
Many religions have interesting concepts related to infinity, personally I'm intrigued very much by how the Hindus viewed infinity. In fact "Vishnu", one of the better known gods, means infinity. I would be very interested in hearing your interpretation of Amazing Grace and the concept of infinity :-)
See my reply to tralawar above (or whereever it is -- I didn't realize it moved). Essentially my concept of infinity is that it is a never-ending supply of something countable like days, or buildings, or ideas; and no matter how many you count you can always count one more. That is, any concieveable number that might be the boundary of infinity can always have one added to it to prove that it was not the boundary. Infinity has no boundary.
Care to explain?
"When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we've first begun."