====== x Adoptionism is true ====== ===== Assumptions ===== * [[The Laws of Logic hold universally]] * [[Christianity#Distinctive, characteristic beliefs|Christianity's distinctive, characteristic beliefs]] ===== Reasoning ===== * [[If the Son became God, then He is less in rank to the Father]] * [[Jesus is of equal rank to the Father]] * Jesus cannot be of less rank and equal rank to the Father: Law of the Excluded Middle * If the above is true, [[]] ∴ [[]] * [[If the Son became God, He is not homoousious to the Father]] * [[Jesus is homoousious to the Father]] * Jesus cannot be both same and not same homoousious to the Father: Law of the Excluded Middle * If the above is true, [[]] ∴ [[]] ==== Definitions ==== [[wp>Adoptionism]]: the belief that Jesus, the Son, became God during or after conception. Homoousious: of the same substance ==== Analogies ==== ==== Notable Supporters ==== ====== Counter-Statement ====== [[Adoptionism is true]] ====== Talk ======