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Ever wondered why ISIS acts so contrary to reason?

Two theological schools emerged within Sunni Islam in the ninth century. The first, the Mu’tazalites, said that God is reason and justice. The Mu’tazalites held that man’s first duty is to reason because the existence of God is not self-evident.

The Universality of Reason as Evidence for a Rational God

Everyone uses, and must use, the very same rules of reason.  Everyone is constrained by the same laws of logic and rational principles.  Premises always lead to conclusions, for example.  Normally, good reasoning is valued and expected by everyone, everywhere.  It is universal. If reason is faulty it’s always due to violations of a standard set of universal laws or principles.  The principle of validity is another example.  That is, whether it’s valid or invalid, it is so for everyone, everywhere. This is evidence for a rational God.
  • 17 July 2015
  • Author: Scott Cherry
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