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The rules of logic are like the rules of mathematics or physics.  One plus one equals two, and a lie cannot be part of the truth.  These rules follow a rational structure because God designed the universe to have a rational structure.   
The rules of logic are like the rules of mathematics or physics.  One plus one equals two, and a lie cannot be part of the truth.  These rules follow a rational structure because God designed the universe to have a rational structure.   


A Christian does not have to suspend logic or reason to arrive at a position of faith.  
Likewise, a Christian does not have to suspend logic or reason to arrive at a position of faith. Rather, logic or reason are often the reason for faith.  For example, Message Believers believe faithfully in a man they consider to be a vindicated prophet. But take away the proof of vindication (or the reason for faith) and faith begins to crumble. 


Listed below are a number of statements that have been made about this website, each of which is an illogical attack.  Most of these statements were made by ministers to keep their congregations in the dark.   
Listed below are a number of statements that have been made about this website, each of which is an illogical attack.  Most of these statements were made by ministers to keep their congregations in the dark.   
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|''...even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the '''wisdom given unto him''' hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which '''they that are unlearned and unstable wrest''', as they do also the other scriptures, '''unto their own destruction.'''  (2 Peter 3:15b-16)
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