christianyouth
Puritan Board Senior
Hey guys. A friend of mine who I used to go to church with posted this argument on his myspace the other day. I'm not smart enough to critique it, so I was hoping maybe some people on here could explain it's flaws.
Thanks all!
In Christ,
- Andy
something that has the quality of originating from something else, must be composed of nothing other than that original thing. It''s pretty simple. If God created us, then we could not have begun existing on our own, and if he created us, nothing that we are came from anything except God, so logically how could we be defined as anything except GOD?
something that creates is something that gives rise to origin. something that has origin with a particular thing is DEPENDANT upon that thing for its state of existence. Unless God created us out of something that was not of himself, then we cannot be made of anything except whatever part of himself become us in order for us to begin existing.
But since there is no existence apart from God, there cannot be anything except part of himself that he used to create us.
1. we are substance
2. the origin of all substance is God
3. Since the only source of substance is God, substance must be a piece of God.
4. If substance is a piece of God, and we are substance, then we are pieces of God.
5. If we are pieces of God, and there exists nothing apart from this God-substance, then there cannot be anything separating the God-substance that we are made of, and the original supply of God substance that we originated from...AKA God.
So in short we are not separable from God because
1. there is nothing else that went into our creation except God, and since nothing exists apart from God..
2. If nothing exists apart from God, God must be all that exists.
3. We are sure of our own existence (consciousness) however..
4. So if God is all that exists, and we are sure of our own existence...then we must be same as God.
Thanks all!
In Christ,
- Andy