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Scripture and Logic

 Since I hear so many people do not use logic in their claims about God or theology, I wanted to provide several examples in this post of logical and illogical statements.  1. Logic about Christ and Judaism  This is an example of logic: To know Christ in the fullest sense, we must understand Scripture as it was written by the Jews.  Let me start with the beginning of the premise: ''To know Christ in the fullest sense...'' I am arguing that some can know him incompetely or without full knowledge of his work. But then I conclude, ''...we must understand Scripture as it was written by the Jews.''  How do I conclude the final part of my sentence? By logic. Below, you will see how I arrived at the conclusion.  My Argument: To know Christ in the fullest sense, we must understand Scripture as it was written by the Jews.  Premise 1. To know Christ, we have to have a Biblical theology of him. Premise 2: To have a Biblical theology, we must know scripture. ...