> > Now, here's a question for whomever cares to join in: is this limitation on logic something that is:
> > a) intrinsic to logic, an inherent limitation of its powers, or
> > b) a case of humans projecting the limitations of our own capacity to think and understand onto logic, which itself is *not* limited, or
> > c) something else entirely? Is the whole issue a chimera?


Warning, what follows is opinion:

I have thought about this often for several years now, and I came to a conclusion similar to Issachar's. The important difference is that I think God always does follow logic, but the logic must intrinsically be of a different nature.

This universe, as far as we know, couldn't contain an omnipotent being. It can always be reduced to the silly, "If God can do anything, can he make a rock so heavy that he can't lift it?" This suggests that God is not bound by our framework. Extending this concept is the unusual use of tenses by God. Jesus said, "Before Abraham ever was, I AM." Apparently, time is only in force here as well. Prophecies, too, tell of a God who knows the future and the past. It is by nature impossible for us to understand the possibility of different laws of physics. What of a "place" where there weren't any such laws at all?

Really, we can't even understand our own universe. Consider these two possibilities: The universe is infinite; or, the universe is not infinite. It is impossible for the human brain to comprehend that space might go on forever. It is equally impossible for us to imagine that the universe might simply stop, with literally nothing beyond a certain point. God's name is "I AM WHO I AM." I take this a clue that its basically useless to attempt to quantify what is not subject to quantification.

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