Is God Logical?

Started by Herp-art, 04/16/2010 11:23AM
Posted 04/16/2010 11:23AM Opening Post
Not God himself, who we would assume (if He exists) is pre-eminently logical, but rather the concept of a god in general.
Is the idea of "First Cause" a logical construct? Can any being be truly omniscient and omnipotent, and still be a logical construct?
Please, no bible quotes, as that will not answer any of these questions. Refer back to Philosophy 101 in your freshman year of college, and we'll go from there.

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Posted 04/16/2010 12:29PM | Edited 04/16/2010 12:30PM #1
I would say yes.

Not just my Christian God, but any concept of an infinite, top-of-the food-chain". all knowing being. Granted some concepts of god(s) include insane illogical or otherwise faulty beings, but for my purposes here, I am only including concepts of god(s) that are supposedly perfect beings.

It would not matter what we consider logical. The one who sets the standards gets to decide what is logical. Even if those standards seem whacked in every way.

In other words, he who has the ball gets to decide what game we play.

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Posted 04/16/2010 11:11PM #2
What if God is a subconscious logical construct: a personification of infinite power, energy, perfect symmetry, indescribable, ineffable, without variation or defect, all at once everything, and nothing, everywhere, and nowhere -- the cosmic singularity. T=zero.

Maybe 'God' is a subconcious imprint of the origin of the Cosmos on the mental patterns of its own 'mind': that is, intelligent components such as humans.