[Blogger]

Riddle me this

1)There is only one God
2)Mary was impregnated by God
3)Mary's Son was God

Does this in turn mean that Mary committed incest?

Of course not.

God doesn't fit into our logic all of the time. You have to make room for the mysterious and unexplainable - all the while affirming the essential doctrines concerning who Christ is.

[adiaireton8]

Riddle me this ...

First put it in the form of a valid argument:

(1) There is only one God
(2) Mary was impregnated by God
(3) Mary's Son was God

Therefore

(4) Mary committed incest.

The problem with this argument is that it is not a *valid* argument (where 'valid' means that if the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true). But the argument I presented in #1926 is valid.

-A8

[adiaireton8]

God doesn't fit into our logic all of the time.

If M is the mother of P, and P is God, then M is the mother of God. If you deny that that conclusion follows, you are making a fundamental error of reasoning, not understanding the relation of propositions. The first two premises necessarily entail the third. Logic is never violated, just as 1+1 cannot equal 3.

If you think that we cannot use logic to do theology, then give one example of an exception or violation of logic.

-A8