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To: LiteKeeper
Can anyone spell "circular reasoning"?

Why are you trying to insert reason on this thread?

216 posted on 07/10/2002 4:52:29 PM PDT by carenot
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To: carenot
Why are you trying to insert reason on this thread?

Yes, why reason? We must first presuppose that logic and reason are true. But we cannot see reason; we must believe it to be true. Where did it come from? How about the laws of the universe, how did they get there? We must presuppose order or our philosophy is untenable. Yet if logic is universally true when correctly applied it creates a dilemma for those who insist on science as the highest source for their epistemology. Reason and logic can’t be proved. The Christian however believes that logic and reason work because God made them. The atheist must borrow the energy – matter, physical laws, and rules of logic from God before he set out to replace him. I only need presuppose God.

226 posted on 07/10/2002 5:01:46 PM PDT by DaveyB
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