Christians..as a separate issue, have found this in regards to the Bible:
the first and second laws of thermodynamics (e.g. Isa. 51:6)
<LI type=A>The Use of Objective Evidence
If Jesus, God the Son, the second person of the Trinity, used objective evidence to validate His claims, a fortiori, how much more so for you and me! <LI type=1>Mark 2:1-5-12
John 2:18-21
John 10:30-31-32-33, 37-38
John 15:24-25
John 20:24-29
The Use of Reason (Argumentation)
Matthew 12:24-30
Argument from analogy (vv. 25-26)
The law of logical or rational inference (v. 26)
Reductio ad absurdum (vv. 25-26)
Argument from analogy (v. 27)
The law of logical or rational inference (vv. 28, 29)
Argument from analogy (v. 29)
The law of contradiction (v. 30)
The law of excluded middle (v. 30)
Examples of the Importance of Logic (and Not Being Illogical)
<LI type=A>The Reductio ad Absurdum Technique
<LI type=1>John 1:1-3
Philippians 2:5-11
Equivocation Fallacies:
This is the use of a word (term) or phrase with two or more different meanings.
Example: Read Jesus Daily:
Example: Jesus is Triune:
Example: The Skeptical Skeptics:
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight." Isaiah 5:20-21
http://www.apologeticsinfo.org/outli...dandlogic.html
Scientific PrincipleBiblical Reference Cosmology/AstronomyTime had a beginning 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 1:2, 1 Corinthians 2:7 2The universe had a beginning Genesis 1:1, 2:4, Isaiah 42:5, etc.3 The universe was created from the invisibleHebrews 11:34 The dimensions of the universe were createdRomans 8:38-395The universe is expandingJob 9:8, Psalms 104:2, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 44:24, Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 48:13, Isaiah 51:13, Jeremiah 10:12, Jeremiah 51:15, Zechariah 12:16Creation of matter and energy has ended in the universe (refutes steady-state theory)Genesis 2:3-47The universe is winding down and will "wear out" (second law of thermodynamics ensures that the universe will run down due to "heat death"-maximum entropy) Psalms 102:25-278Describes the correct order of creationGenesis 1 (see Day-Age Genesis One Interpretation)Number of stars exceeds a billion Genesis 22:17, Jeremiah 33:229Every star is different1 Corinthians 15:4110Pleiades and Orion as gravitationally bound star groupsJob 38:3111 Light is in motion Job 38:19-2012The earth is controlled by the heavensJob 38:331Earth is a sphereIsaiah 40:22 13 Job 26:1014At any time, there is day and night on the EarthLuke 17:34-3515Earth is suspended in spaceJob 26:716 Earth Sciences Earth began as a waterworld. Formation of continents by tectonic activity describedGenesis 1:2-9, Psalms 104:6-9, Proverbs 3:19, Proverbs 8:27-29, Job 38:4-8, 2 Peter 3:517Water cycle describedEcclesiastes 1:7; Isaiah 55:10, Job 36:27-2818Valleys exist on the bottom of the sea2 Samuel 22:1619Vents exist on the bottom of the seaJob 38:1620Ocean currents in the seaPsalms 8:821Air has weightJob 28:2522Winds blow in circular pathsEcclesiastes 1:623 BiologyThe chemical nature of human lifeGenesis 2:7, 3:1924Life of creatures are in the bloodLeviticus 17:1125The nature of infectious diseasesLeviticus 13:4626Importance of sanitation to health
Numbers 19, Deuteronomy 23:12-13, Leviticus 7-927
http://www.godandscience.org/apologe...encebible.html
We also have evidence that the earth had a beginning: If the total amount of mass-energy is limited, and the amount of usable energy is decreasing, then the universe cannot have existed forever, otherwise it would already have exhausted all usable energy and reached what is known as heat death.’ For example, all radioactive atoms would have decayed, every part of the universe would be the same temperature, and no further work would be possible. So the best solution is that the universe must have been created with a lot of usable energy, and is now running down.26
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3659
Cosmological Argument can now be asserted:
Everything which has a beginning has a cause.24
The universe has a beginning.
Therefore the universe has a cause.
The first of the primary principles of logic is the law of (non-)contradiction. It states that no statement (proposition, assertion, etc.) can be both true and not true--false--(e.g., A can not be non-A) at the same time and in the same sense. For example, it can not both be true and not true (in the same time and sense) that a person is and is not a Christian. All such statements are false. It is a first principle (it is axiomatic or self-evident) of epistemology. (Thus, one cannot not use it. To deny it is like saying "I cannot utter a word in English.") The distinction between true and false is based on this principle. (Matthew 12:30)
The second primary law of logic is the principle of excluded middle. The law of (non-)contradiction simply states that A cannot equal or be non-A. But both could be "quip," that is, neither true or false--simply not both--but not necessarily true or false either. However, the law of excluded middle states "A or non-A," that is, a proposition is either true or false--it must be one or the other (and not quip!). Thus, a proposition or statement must be true or false (see, e.g., Matthew 12:30).
The third primary law of logic is called the law of identity. It states that A=A or that "if any statement is true, then it is true."7 An example would be Christ is Christ and not non-Christ (e.g., the Christ of the Bible is not the "Christ" of the cults, the occult, or of Eastern religions).
The fourth primary law of logic is the law of logical or rational inference. An example of this principle is: if A=B, and B=C, then A=C. It's importance can be seen relevant to all discursive or non-axiomatic knowledge or reasoning. For example, while the word trinity is not found in the Bible, the concept is (see, e.g., Deut. 6:4; Eph. 1:3; John 1:1; 20:28; Acts 5:3-4; and Mark 12:29-30). http://www.apologeticsinfo.org/paper...ostmodern.html
