Prof Bursill-Hall had a fascinating theory that the early Christians were to blame for Pythagoras's elevation. The Pythagorean's believed, "all was number" and

Prof Bursill-Hall had a fascinating theory that the early Christians were to blame for Pythagoras's elevation. The Pythagorean's believed, "all was number" and identified 2 and 3 with man and woman, 5 (= 2 + 3) with children, and 10 (= 2 + 3 + 5) with God(s). The early church trying to enforce the slightly odd concept of the trinity found solace in a triangular number being equivalent to god. As you say, proving this would be practically impossible.