Divine Contradiction

Abstract

Abstract Christian theology is supposed to be monotheistic: the number of gods is 1. A longstanding problem comes with the trinity: each of Father, Son and Spirit is God, but Father isn’t Son, and Son isn’t Spirit, and Spirit isn’t Father. The doctrine confronts two longstanding problems: a ‘logical’ problem (viz., apparent contradiction) and a ‘counting convention’ problem. In his paradigm-shifting Divine Contradiction Jc Beall charts a strikingly new account of divine reality. Unlike the many philosophers and theologians before him, Beall provides a simple but logically rigorous solution to target problems, arguing that the apparent contradictions of the trinity cannot be rejected without thereby rejecting fundamental truths of divine reality. With the clarity and precision that only a logician could provide, Beall provides theology and the christian church in general with a very simple and viable model of divine reality. Unlike the vast number of theologians and philosophers before him, Beall rejects the quest for a logically consistent account of divine reality. The triune god (viz., God) is truly and fully described only via contradiction. As such, attempts to remove the contradiction are attempts to remove truths of God.

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