Logical Progression into Christianity
About a year ago, a colleague and I sat in a hotel room dreaming up the logical proofs one needed to accept, in what order, to accept the Christian God. Atheists always attack one and never the progression, the logic and rational thought behind it. Having never seen it drawn out like this, I can't say how good or accurate my listing is, but I suppose it's a start. If you disagree or see room for improvement, please let me know.Logical procession into Christianity
-2. There is nothing
-1. What is seen is not real
0. There is nothing more than what can be seen
1. There is more than what can be seen.
2. There is a spiritual world
3. There are spiritual beings
4. These beings are not bound by the rules of the universe
5. These beings are more powerful than man
6. These beings are beyond time and thus, know everything
7. There is one being who is more powerful than the others
8. This one spiritual being cannot be half one thing and half another, it must be all one thing or all another.
9. This one omnipotent being is good
10. This omnipotent being who exists beyond time existed before man
11. This omnipotent being who exists beyond time and before man had some power over the creation of man
12. Having had power over the creation of man, man's creation was according to its will.
13. Man's life is owed to either the action of the omnipotent being or its inaction.
14. This omnipotent being has the power to destroy man, but does not and had the power to stop his creation, but did not
15. This omnipotent being beyond time who is good has the ability to communicate with all men at any moment, but does not, does so in ways that isn't obvious or scientifically measurable, or does so very rarely.
16. This decision to not contact man in a direct way must have a reason which is good because the being itself is good.
17. The being has three choices in any given situation: direct action, indirect or circuitous action, or inaction. Every action or indirect action must be a good because the being is wholly good.
18. The creation of man was not a natural occurrence.
19. By its unnatural occurrence, as well as man's ability to perceive and communicate with the spiritual, the being must have created man.
20. Because the being is good, and man is its creation, the being seeks the good for each man, though it may not intervene in order to always give the good.
21. Because man can perceive the spiritual, there must be a purpose to his creation.
22. This purpose is hidden or obscured from man for some reason. This purpose, however, exists and is communicated in indirect ways.
23. This superior being communicates to man in indirect ways.
24. This superior being would communicate with man in a way to distinguish its will from man's will.
25. The will of this superior being would, if it desired not to be obvious, have to be carried out by men.
26. Most men are not capable of separating their interest from a separate altruistic interest.
27. This superior being would not be able to depend solely on all men to enact its will as long as it used indirect communication because men cannot separate their interest from altruistic interest.
28. If this superior being cannot use all men, then it must use some men. There must be some system of authority to determine which men to use and which ones do not have such authority.
Conclusion so far: God exists, God is good, God created us, God wants the best for us.
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