In “A Letter on Logic and Idolatry,” Rushdoony argues that rationalistic apologetics, rooted in Greek philosophy, commit idolatry by treating abstract logic especially the law of noncontradiction as ultimate and even governing God Himself, rather than recognizing logic as a created and ordained aspect of God’s order. He contends that Greek thought made abstractions ultimate to avoid infinite regress, while modern rationalists repeat the error by placing Aristotle’s logic over God, rendering their systems both irrational and blasphemous. Apart from the Creator, Rushdoony insists, reality collapses into billions of chance-accidents far greater “miracles” than Scripture records and even Darwin admitted such explanations fail. True rationality begins not with autonomous logic but with the triune God, who alone is the source and governor of all reality, including the valid laws of logic themselves. #VanTil #Rushdoony #PresuppositionalApologetics #LogicAndIdolatry #ChristianPhilosophy #GodIsUltimate #FaithAndReason #BiblicalTheism #Chalcedon

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