Originally Posted by
Noogah
Not that I wish to quibble, or to derail what else you have written (to which I will also respond), but I must detain you right now, for you have just stated a weighty error which will lead me to some very relevant points.
Logic does not coexist with God. If anything coexists with God, then he is not my God. My God is the fountainhead of logic - indeed, He is LOGIC ITSELF.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." - John 1:1, KJV
Word = logos
This Biblical doctrine, and this Biblical doctrine alone, portrays the only possible God that can account for logic. Whatever logic is, it must be prior to the world we live in.
It cannot be explained in terms of the world (naturalism), for we explain the world in terms of IT.
It cannot be explained as if it existed alongside the world (dualism), for then it has no clear relation to the world, unless it is part of some larger "nature" than our own nature, in which case, logic will have to be brought in from yet another outside source, ad infinitum.
The only way logic can "coexist" with the world is if it actually brought forth the world, in which case, it is prior to the world - and really, any reasonable person would call this position 'theism'.