An Introduction
A little about why I chose "A thinking Woman" for my blog title.
I think there is a widespread epidemic in our country. It is the disease of mindlessness. This disease is a cancer and it eats away at the brain until the mass of mush is no longer able to perform its function. And from what I observe, this disease targets the minds of women more than men. The reason for this is that we women tend to "think with our hearts". Men use the God given thinking organ to do the thinking. We use our "feeling" organ to do our thinking. Thus, all the woman jokes. And to tell you the truth, I laugh along with the men. I am not trying to be harsh, and I am not excluding myself from the temptation to feel my way through life, decisions, etc. However I think it's time that we women turn our brains on and use them the way God intended.
Instead of mindlessly following our husbands, pastors, ideals of feminism, or the group of girls headed to mall to get their nails done and who can't make a trip to the bathroom by themselves, why don't we think for ourselves? Don't get me wrong, when it comes to our husbands and pastors, there is a level of submission and following we must do. But it is not mindless following. It is calculated. We choose our husbands based upon our beliefs, not theirs. "I do not follow my beliefs because of my husband, I follow my husband because of my beliefs." We choose which church we want to become members of therefore, which elders we want to submit to, based upon our beliefs. Of course if you are married, your husband chooses your church, hopefully but not necessarily, with your counsel.
We must open our minds and think. Do you know how we do that? We open our Bibles and read. We yearn for knowledge. We pray that God give us thoughts according to wisdom and coherence.
Have you ever thought about the implications and consequences of your beliefs? Every belief has an implication. Every thought has a consequence. Here's an example. I like syllogisms, so bear with me here.
Premis A: God loves everyone and has a wonderful plan for their lives.
Premis B: Judas Iscariot was included in "everyone", because he was human.
Conclusion: Judas thwarted God's wonderful plan for his life, therefore God is impotent. Judas was more powerful than God.
Of course any self-proclaiming Christian would object at the conclusion. As do I. Do you know why we object? Because Premis A is a false premis. If you sart with a false premis you end up at a false conclusion.
Homework for the week :) Think about your beliefs. Do they end up with false conclusions? Or do they end up at God's Word, which is the only standard by which we can safely measure our beliefs.
posted by Josh's Loving Wife, aka Angela Brisby @ 8:34 AM
3 Comments:
Sweetie,
Once again you have made me proud. Excellent thoughts. Your syllogism example is airtight. Perhaps it will help those who believe that to rethink it.
I love you!
Hubby
I hope I do not sound like a jerk, but I wanted to call out a few things to you. I believe your logic is flawed. How do you conclude that Judas thwarted God's plan? That conclusion is not supported by your premises. Secondly, you are assuming that Judas turning Jesus over to the religious leaders was not following God's wonderful plan for his life. Hopefully repentance would be part of God's plan, but perhaps God has allowed Judas to have some say in his path. To accept or not, to choose blessing or to choose cursing...
Here is an example of logic that would come closer to supporting your point.
Premise A: God's plan for everyone's life never includes sin.
Premise B: Everyone sins.
Conclusion: Therefore everyone is thwarting God's plans for our lives. Now it gets good.
Premise A: If you thwart someone's plans you are more powerful than that person/entity.
Premise B: Everyone has thwarted God's plans.
Conclusion: Everyone is more powerful than God.
Obviously, I do not agree with this logic, for I am a believer. But if you want to use logic, use it properly.
BTW, I believe that God created logic, but it is a finite science that some try to use to explain infinite ideas. Jesus used logic often. But he was never bound by it. In fact, Hebrew thinking is often very comfortable with paradox and contrariety. Much like the idea of predestination and choice, they exist in two different states of existence, one in linear time, the other in eternity.
BTW, were you Classically educated?
Hi Drew, you don't sound like a jerk, I appreciate being held acountable to be logically sound in my reasoning.
I don't conclude that Judas thwarted God's plan. In my syllogism, both premises are false, therefore the conclusion is false.
It was not a part of God's plan for Judas' life that he repent, or he would have. Repentance, like faith, is a gift from God.
I am glad you don't agree with the logic you used in your examples of syllogisms, nor do I. But I still believe my logic was correct. I used two false premises, to come up with a false conclusion. Logically it works out properly.
you said: BTW, I believe that God created logic, but it is a finite science that some try to use to explain infinite ideas. Jesus used logic often. But he was never bound by it.
Logic, is not a created idea any more than truth or beauty is. Logic is a part of the holiness that is rooted deep in the mind of God. God used logic in the creation of everything, therefore it must have existed before everything was created. And yes, Jesus WAS indeed bound by logic. In the same way God cannot tell a lie, he also cannot be illogical. And since you are a believer, I am sure you agree that Jesus is God.
No, I was not Classically educated myself. But I appreciate this model of education, and if the Lord so wills, I will employ many of it's ideas in the homeschooling of my own precious munchkins.
Thanks, Drew, for stopping by The Thinking Woman, feel free to drop in anytime. We all need accountability in being logically sound and I appreciate what you were trying to do.
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