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Whats logical about the idea of being born again or the Atonement?

What's illogical about these ideas? Are they mysterious, miraculous and perhaps even paradoxical? Yes. The same goes for the Incarnation, Trinity, and the relationship between God's sovereignty and man's freedom. But there is nothing illogical or contradictory about them at all. How can you say you believe that the Bible is inerrant if you do not believe that there is a difference between true and false, or contradictory statements? Can Jesus be the Way, the Truth, and the Life and NOT be the Way, the Truth, and the Life at the same time and in the same sense? If the law of noncontradiction or the basic laws of logic do not hold then the two statements "no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again," and "some people can see the kingdom of God even if they are not born again," can both be true at the same time and in the same sense. If the law of noncontradion does not hold, then what does it even mean to say that God is a God of truth and cannot lie? What is the difference between the truth and an untruth or a lie? Between God and the devil? You're on shaky ground O'Doul!


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