Hello Bob,
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But Brian as this really smart fellow tells us the scriptures are filled with logic and so scripture demonstrates logic, establishes logic, validates and justifies logic. If logic was not justified by scripture then how can we say it is true. The Bible is filled with examples of the law of non-contradiction and therefore it is indeed a law for it is justified by God's Word.
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Where did you find this guy? He is an idiot!
Seriously, the point I was trying to make is that Scripture does not justify the laws of logic. It cannot be the case. Here is the idea...
Rule 1: The justification of all knowldge must be based on justified knowledge. (If the justification of X is based on unjustified Y, then X is not justified.)
In order for me to justify anything from Scripture, certain
apriori knowledge is necessary and is logically prior to my understanding of any knowledge from Scripture. The question that needs to be asked is if this
apriori knowledge is justified? If not, then by rule 1 anything derived from Scripture is not justified. If so, then how is it justified? If you say from Scripture, then what you are saying is that Scripture along with certain
apriori knowledge justifies
apriori knowledge. Already we are in a vicious circle. Again, we can ask what justifies the
apriori knowledge that is used with Scripture to justify the
apriori knowledge, and we end up with an infinite regression. If we stop this at any point, then we simply beg the question. As such,
apriori knowledge, such as the laws of logic, must be justified apart from Scripture if Scripture is to give us justified knowledge.
Sincerely,
Brian