![]() ![]() Those who believe God communicates in His Word reject the idea that He ever contradicts Himself. Thus, contradictions such as “square circles” have no meaning since they are illogical. God, then, is the foundation for the answer to the philosophers’ elusive quest for justified true belief, and His orderly knowledge of the distinction between what is true and false is the basis for the laws of logic. ![]() “In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.” (Hebrews 6:17-18 NASB) – Article continues after this advertisement – “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19 NASB) Christ is truth (14:6), the Holy Spirit is “the Spirit of truth” (John 16:13), God’s Word is truth (John 17:7), and we are told God cannot lie: The law of non-contradiction has come under blistering attack from postmodern theologians who reject it as a form of Aristotelian thinking.Īristotle did not invent logic, however, he merely discovered some of it. The dividing wall between truth and falsehood is broken down. We cannot say what something is and the concept of truth is reduced to momentary, personal perception. ![]() Many theologians see in the use of “paradox” a threat to the law of non-contradiction which says “A cannot be both A and non-A at the same time and in the same relationship.” This law is essential to meaning, as without it fixed referents are lost. Though “paradox” has various shades of meaning, all shades fall under the two-part, broad definition of “a true contradiction that at first seems true or a seeming contradiction that is not truly contradictory.” Theologians are divided on whether the word “paradox” should be used in connection with Christian teaching, and the issues involved are important ones that encompass more than mere disputation about words. ![]()
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