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Is Christianity Illogical?
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RE: Is Christianity Illogical?
Is Christianity illogical? Of course not; logic is only a tool, working on the principle GIGO . Logic guarantees truth if and only if the premise is true.

In formal logic,all propositions begin "IF A-----" IE; truth of the premise is assumed for the sake of argument. No argument used by believers to validate their religion is based on demonstrable truth. Their argument(s) may be logically valid,but may not be claimed to be true. The existence of God(s) is not a given,only an unproven assertion.

Many of loopier beliefs ,such as much of Catholicism,Mormonism,and young earth creationism are maintained through doublethink or cognitive dissonance..


Their beliefs manage to remain logical ,as the premises on which they are built are believed to be true.


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GIGO= Garbage In Garbage Out


Quote:Doublethink, a word coined by George Orwell in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, describes the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in distinct social contexts.[1] It is related to, but distinct from, hypocrisy and neutrality. Its opposite is cognitive dissonance, where the two beliefs cause conflict in one's mind. Doublethink is an integral concept of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublethink is part of Newspeak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink


Quote:Cognitive dissonance is a discomfort caused by holding conflicting cognitions (e.g., ideas, beliefs, values, emotional reactions) simultaneously. In a state of dissonance, people may feel surprise, dread, guilt, anger, or embarrassment.[1] The theory of cognitive dissonance in social psychology proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance by altering existing cognitions, adding new ones to create a consistent belief system, or alternatively by reducing the importance of any one of the dissonant elements.[1] An example of this would be the conflict between wanting to smoke and knowing that smoking is unhealthy; a person may try to change their feelings about the odds that they will actually suffer the consequences, or they might add the consonant element that the smoking is worth short term benefits. A general view of cognitive dissonance is when one is biased towards a certain decision even though other factors favour an alternative.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
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Is Christianity Illogical? - by spockrates - July 14, 2012 at 4:31 pm
RE: Is Christianity Illogical? - by Polaris - July 14, 2012 at 4:35 pm
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RE: Is Christianity Illogical? - by spockrates - July 15, 2012 at 2:27 pm
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RE: Is Christianity Illogical? - by spockrates - July 15, 2012 at 3:04 pm
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