(June 10, 2016 at 1:43 am)Nihilist Virus Wrote:(June 9, 2016 at 10:38 pm)SteveII Wrote: I think it is essential to God's nature as well as it is essential for all rational beings. Are you saying that God has or will never make a decision or communicated an idea. Even a simple sentence like "It is raining outside, therefore I should take an umbrella" illustrates how thoughts are arranged into a logical pattern. Just read the 10 commandments, there are all kinds of "therefores" and "so thats" (drawing a conclusion from a premise).
Additionally, the definition of omnipotence is the ability to do anything logically possible. If God is bound by this, wouldn't knowledge of it be essential?
When God "makes a decision" is he pondering something and then coming to a logical conclusion?
Why do you include "pondering". That is a straw man. Perhaps that is the problem with your argument. God does not need to ponder because of his omniscience. The fact that he does not need to ponder in no way affects whether a decision is logical.
Quote:(June 9, 2016 at 10:45 pm)SteveII Wrote: Even if you were successful in proving your point, to what end? Is there a reason other than to disprove the belief that God is has logic as part of is essential nature?
Matt Slick's favorite argument is a version of the transcendental argument that relies on the assumption that logic is essential to God's nature.
I see. Are you then suggesting that logic was developed by humans? So in all possible worlds where there are no humans "If P then Q; P therefore Q" is not a true statement?
