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    Faith in the Incarnation must be held by virtue of the ab... — Carmelics
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    Faith in the Incarnation must be held by virtue of the absurd

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    • 1.The Incarnation is a paradox that cannot be grounded in reason
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    • 2.When reason is suspended, the only remaining basis for belief is the absurd
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    • 1.Aquinas demonstrated that reason can asymptotically approach theological mystery without collapsing into irrationalism or bare fideism.
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    • 2.Analogical predication allows rational discourse about divine attributes, preserving cognitive content in Incarnation claims beyond mere absurdity.
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    • 3.If faith requires abandoning reason entirely, it becomes indistinguishable from self-deception or wishful thinking, undermining its epistemic integrity.
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    • 1.Hegel's dialectical logic reframes apparent contradictions as unresolved moments within a higher rational synthesis, not terminal paradoxes.
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    • 2.The Incarnation's union of finite and infinite can be construed as a dialectical sublation rather than an affront to reason requiring its suspension.
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    Christian dogma, according to Kierkegaard, embodies paradoxes which are offensive to reason. The central paradox is the assertion that the eternal, infinite, transcendent God simultaneously became incarnated as a temporal, finite, human being (Jesus). There are two possible attitudes we can adopt to this assertion, viz. we can have faith, or we can take offense. What we cannot do, according to Kierkegaard, is believe by virtue of reason. If we choose faith we must suspend our reason in order to
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