Category Archives: Reasons

W. P. Montague’s test for self-evident truths, as we noted in the last blog, involves the law of noncontradiction.  Rules of logic, such as this, provided us guidelines in our search for the truth.  As Trueblood states: It is not … Continue reading →

Deductive logic is reasoning from a known principle to an unknown.  This approach is illustrated by Archimedes who, speaking of the principle of leverage, stated if he were given a place to stand he would move the world.  In philosophy … Continue reading →

The first area of logic we will evaluate is inductive logic which is reasoning from particular facts or individual cases to a general principle.  A large part of science is based upon inductive logic and we will use science as … Continue reading →

The past few blogs have concluded that human experiences, both our own experiences and the experiences of others, can provide assistance in our search for what is true.  However, they can also be very misleading.  Isaac Watts explains it succinctly: … Continue reading →

As we saw in the last blog, we must have the assistance of other if we are to discover what is true; if we are to discover valid reasons for Christianity.  However, there are dangers in relying on others.  All … Continue reading →

In the last two blogs, we learned that in our search for what is true, our personal experiences are so limited.  Therefore, we must have assistance from other sources.  One source we can turn to is other humans.  We can … Continue reading →

Using our personal experiences as a guide to finding truth has its limits.  Our experiences provide us with the raw material of knowledge but, as the philosopher John Locke says, our mind is constantly interpreting what we experience. [1]  Trueblood … Continue reading →

We are starting a discussion on the reasons why we believe in Christianity.  First we will discuss is the role our personal experience plays in our beliefs. There is something about personal experience that touches our soul in ways other … Continue reading →

I have been reading The Barbarian Conversion by Richard Fletcher.  In this book, Fletcher recounts how the people who practiced paganism in Europe during the 4th to 14th centuries converted to Christianity.  What is disturbing is that much of the … Continue reading →