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To: topcat54; Quix; HarleyD; Dr. Eckleburg
A thing is True because God says it (let there be Light et al.) God is Truth.

And no, God is not bound by any of the Aristotlean Laws of Logic - including the Law of the Excluded Middle. Nor is the Creator bound by space or time or physical causality or mass or energy or fields or forms or universals or mathematics or any other property or element of the creation.

14,439 posted on 05/10/2007 11:22:58 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl; topcat54; HarleyD; Quix; Forest Keeper; Alex Murphy; alpha-8-25-02; Gamecock; ...
God is not bound by any of the Aristotlean Laws of Logic

Very true. But God has purposed the world so that there is a certain logic within existence that is of Him and by Him.

I love the verses that speak to our "quickened minds." God not only gave us new hearts and new ears and new eyes, but He also reordered our minds, our intellect, our method of discerning truth through a type of logic which, of course, must begin and end with Him.

"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." -- Philippians 4:7

"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them" -- Hebrews 10:16

The very act of writing is by definition an act of logic. We received the Ten Commandments and the Holy Scriptures in sentences, not pictures. The Holy Spirit comes to us through our minds in actual words, transforming our own thoughts into His.

"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." -- Romans 12:2

The only other time the word "renewing" is used in Scriputre is in Titus, and it is defined as an act by the Holy Spirit...

"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" -- Titus 3:5

God no doubt ordained this pattern so that men could get together and weigh the words and meanings in order to better understand His intent, comparing Scripture with Scripture. One of my new favorite verses explains exactly how "logical" and self-evident the Holy Spirit is in the Bible --

"And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." -- Isaiah 30:21

14,441 posted on 05/10/2007 12:05:32 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Alamo-Girl
God is not bound by any of the Aristotlean Laws of Logic - including the Law of the Excluded Middle.

By denying that the LEM applies to claims about God, you admit that it could be true that the LEM does apply to claims about God. Your claim is therefore self-nullifying.

-A8

14,641 posted on 05/16/2007 7:26:09 AM PDT by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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