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To: Hank Kerchief
Reason is the ability that God has given us for understanding the truth. It is the only ability God has given us for doing so. It is impossible to use the ability correctly and not agree with God.

As I said before, evil people employ well-honed reason very well (Lex Luther, Mao Tse-tung, Hitler). When you say it's impossible to use the ability correctly and not agree with God, you're assuming something else (that which is correct), outside of reason.

220 posted on 07/23/2002 4:18:36 AM PDT by yendu bwam
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To: yendu bwam
...you're assuming something else (that which is correct), outside of reason....

Please explain what the word "correct" means. Do not use a "rational" description. Or explain what the word reason means, or God, or anything else without using reason.

The "rational" consciousness is the only consciousness human beings have. If you know anything, you can only know it rationally. Now reason can be used incorrectly, but it cannot not be used. Every point you have tried to make is a rational (I mean an attempt to use reason) argument. So far, they have been incorrect, but you must use reason, even for incorrect arguments.

Since you believe there is something "higher" than reason as a means of knowing the truth, why don't you use that "higher" thing to convince me of my errors instead of all these arguments which are suppose to appeal to reason?

Hank

246 posted on 07/23/2002 10:08:56 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief
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