Ok, so I’ve long held contradictory views . You see, I can’t help but
be a sceptic, and a very extreme one at that. The fact is, our system
of logic and reason ultimately boils down to certain principles that
are completely unjustified. To use the most clear and impact-full
example, the Law of Non-contradiction is one such principle. When I was
growing up, I was always fed the term “self-evident” as and
explanation, but what does that really mean? It mean “this principle
can only be shown to be true once we assume it’s true.” But since
everyone believes the Law of Non-contradiction regardless, we all just
let it slide. The truth is, according to the rules set forth by the
very principles we are weighing, it is impossible to judge if things
like the Law of Non-contradiction are actually true. They are, if you
will, selected arbitrarily: at least as far as logic is concerned.

So you see my contradiction. I believe in all sorts of things: absolute
truth, God, absolute morality, but I also couldn’t help but believe
that I couldn’t know these things certainly. The problem was, there was
no way I could make myself consistent by trying to live by and fully
accept my extreme scepticism. I wouldn’t have been able to handle it.
My whole being rejected it. And the more I thought about this, I
realised that this is true of everyone at some level. We all submit to
logic, and the Law of Non-contradiction. Even “I exist, therefore I am”
has it built in.

The question I ended up asking myself is, why? It’s certainly not
reason that leads us to it, because reason is a useless against this
extreme scepticism. And then it struck me, we are emotionally attached
to logic and reason. Reason is built into us, with a sort of emotional
gag reflex in place, should we consider not using it. I suppose, like
in all things, we should praise God for this. He has designed us to be
reasonable as a rule, and it is a beautiful system, all stemming from a
handful of seemingly unassuming premises that are simply set to
auto-believe.

This does raise some questions though. If reason is a construct of God,
how does God himself function? I think this question can be
answered.  Without going into my reasons (you can work those out
yourself), I would say that God does not use reason but simply is; that
is to say: as reason flows through time, from premise to conclusion
using limited understanding as a basis, God does not think, but simply
is: his complete thought existing.

Comment with rejections or reaction, I’m really quite curious about what people will think about this one.

So, I’ve had a computer for a week or so now, and I guess it’s time to
write. To update The Many on my life, I am currently working full time
as a security guard. Mostly nights and weekends. I still live at good
‘ol 505 Cummer, and currently, my roommates are Gerry, Mike, and Brian.
I don’t plan on going back to Tyndale in the fall, as I has previously.
Things are still sort of up in the air as to what I will eventually do,
but for now I’m just going to work. Most likely I’ll go into Computer
Science, as I’m fairly good at that.

I had this elaborate and offensive philosophical diatribe ready, but
now that it comes to it, I don’t much feel like writing it down.
Perhaps another day. Heh, this is hardly a thundering come-back, oh
well.