But your logic ignored the power of God. Is the arm of the LORD too short?
Direct Response
Circumsized_Heart,
I certainly don't want to ignore the power of God,
but you weren't very clearly about exactly what you were getting at.
I'd be happy to discuss it further if you'd explain exactly what you meant., and exactly HOW you felt I was ignoring the power of God.
Considering the Issue:
However, if you were talking about the fact that I used logical reasoning instead of quoting verses,
then lets view this from a different angle.
Perhaps I used some scripture indirectly, and just didn't quote it, or explain it.
The bible says God gave us minds, to use, to function and to understand Him.
The bible says we are to love God not just with our hearts, but also with our minds.
If we study scripture, we'll find that logical reasoning is something which comes from God, and which He put into man.
In fact, without logical reasoning, you can't read one sentence, you can't utter one word... because without logic, you cannot even tell one word from another.
It is actually Biblical, and agrees with scripture, to use the logical processes which GOD created and put into us.
It is natural, and biblical, to use our minds (which God created) to think about HIM, and to think about the SCRIPTURE.... not to argue against scripture, but to think about the scripture.
Some Conclusions
The problem most Christians have with the ideas of "logic" and "rational thinking" is that ATHEISTS try to claim these processes are their exclusive domain... but they are not.
God gave us logic, and rational minds, in order to understand HIM... and btw, an exercise of pure logical reasoning actually PROVES, in MANY WAYS, that God exists.
The atheist is not "rational" at all... he is quite irrational and quite illogical.
This is why top Atheist proponents, like Richard Dawkins, will not debate top Christian academics... because they'll lose.
Anyway, there is nothing wrong with using our minds, and trying to think logically about God and the Bible.
Without logical processes, you can't even read this sentence.
Using the mind God gave us does nothing to ignore the power of God...
God created our minds;
he created the WAY in which they work;
and he created them with the purpose of serving Him and thinking about Him.