(August 11, 2010 at 5:12 pm)Captain Scarlet Wrote: Can god break the laws of logic ie do the logically impossible or is he bound by logic. If he is bound where did the laws of logic come from. If he can break them then we cannot use logic to reason to a god because they are fallable and seeing as there is no evidence for god we can only conclude he does not exist
There are no such things as laws of logic.There are invented (not discovered) rules of inference we use which allow logical conclusions. Logic does not guarantee truth,nor is our form of logic the only one. EG Traditional Chinese logic(Mohist logic) for example, is based on analogy, rather than deduction/induction.
The neo Platonists began the tradition (which I reject) that truth may be inferred from logic without evidence. Theologians and diverse flavours of theist are exceedingly fond of this form of argument.
According to the teachings of the Abrahamic faiths, God can transcend all natural law. Hence the notions of such things as creationism and miracles.
