Day 2 of Theology :)

Today is TUESDAY... which means that it is the second day of Theology class! I really looked forward to coming back to class today and learning more. Here are a few things I want to share from today's lecture!!

In theological debates many different Logical Fallacies can be used. Below are some of the different types:
*AD HOMINEM- which is an attack on the person rather than on the question of topic
*RED HERRING- which is where an irrelevant issue is brought up so that the attention is then directed away from the main topic
*GUILT BY ASSOCIATION- is equating socializing with someone to advocating their beliefs
I found these very interesting and helpful to be aware of when in a theological conversation, debate, discussion, etc.

In class we also talked about inspiration. The Bible was inspired by God and therefore it is inerrant. Inerrant simply means that it is infallible and without error. This means that we can not go wrong with the Bible. Many people have tried to disprove the Bible, and all they had to do was find one little error and they then could disprove the entire Bible. Even greater they would then disprove Christianity in itself. It would then be pointless to worship God or try to be like Him if the Bible was disproved, but thank you Lord is was not disproved. The fact that we link the authenticity of the New Testament to that of the Old Testament, shows that if any error was to be found in the Old Testament then the New Testament would automatically be disproved.

There are 4 links between God and us. They are as follows; Inspiration, Canonization, Transmission, and Translations. These four links simply prove that Scripture is the Word of God. The fact that the Bible was inspired by God, means it is from the mouth of God. Canonization of the Bible, means it was collected by the people of God. The the transmission of the Bible, means it was copied by the scribes of God. Last, the translations of the Bible were proven to be translated by the servants of God.

These again are just some of the cool things I learned in class today. I could totally keep going, but I will stop here until tomorrow! Have a relaxing day :)

Later