Re: Crazy Question about Omnipotence
I used to think about this on a regular basis, but I always came to the same conclusions.
First, even if God supersedes logic, I don't. Logic is the best tool I have for interpreting the world around me. (It's possible that faith or emotion are the most reliable tools for some people, but not for me. My emotions are unreliable and conflicted, and I have only experienced faith as an emotion.)
Second, if God exists and if God created us, it seems that he granted us the ability to reason and wants us to use it. This is a circular argument, but I have few expressive alternatives. Maybe I'm too trusting, but here's reason, it "feels right," nothing else "feels right," I'm using reason.
As a result, I'll assume that logic holds true on general principle, and for my own sanity. If logic refutes a conception of God, then I will consider that conception of God an impossibility and proceed accordingly.
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