Re: Discussing athiesm today, how do I address this?
Well, he is right - mathematics is not the underlying language of the universe. It is a beautiful science full of elegance which can be applied on top of an incredible array of explanatory models and all kudos to it - but it is no more the 'language' of the universe than swahili is. The normal numerical system (ok, there are more than that but bear with me) has a base of ten because humans have ten fingers, not vice versa.
And beauty is as the old saying goes, in the eye of the beholder. You don't need god to explain beauty - only humans and our perception/brains/bodies.
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