• The Laws of Logic
• Christianity's distinctive, characteristic beliefs

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• The ecumenical councils held the position that the Son has always been fully God
• The positions of the ecumenical councils have stood up to scrutiny for 2,000 years
• If the positions have stood up to scrutiny for 2,000 years, they are true
• If the above is true, the Son has always been fully God

∴ the Son has always been fully God

Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

• Jesus could not fully save the elect from their sins if He had not always been fully God
• Jesus fully saved the elect from their sins
• If the above is true, the Son has always been fully God

∴ the Son has always been fully God

Athanasius

• Jesus is an unique being
• if Jesus is unique, the best way to understand Him as being divine
• If the above is true, the Son has always been fully God

∴ the Son has always been fully God

• Statement
• if Jesus is eternal, He must have always been fully God
• If the above is true, the Son has always been fully God

∴ the Son has always been fully God

• Jesus is omniscient
• if Jesus is omniscient, He must have always been fully God
• If the above is true, the Son has always been fully God

∴ the Son has always been fully God

• Many in Jesus' day claimed that He was God
• Jesus did not refute any of their claims while on Earth
• If the above is true, it is much more likely that the Son has always been fully God

• Jesus claimed to be God
• if Jesus claimed to be God, either He is a liar, a lunatic, mistaken, or telling the truth
• Jesus was not lying
• Jesus was not crazy
• Jesus was not mistaken
• If Jesus was God then, He has always been God
• If the above is true, the Son has always been fully God

∴ the Son has always been fully God

• Jesus claimed to be God
• Jesus claimed His rising from the dead proves His identity
• Jesus claimed His rising from the dead proved He was God
• God raised Jesus from the dead
• x God would raise Jesus from the dead unless He affirmed Jesus' claim that His rising from the dead proved He was God
• If the above is true, the Son has always been fully God

∴ the Son has always been fully God

• Christians have unique abilities to perform miracles
• if Christians have unique abilities to perform miracles, either Christians have unknowingly tapped into an abstract spiritual force or their God is identifying Himself with them
• x Christians have unknowingly tapped into an abstract spiritual force
• if God is identifying Himself with Christians, He is identifying Himself with Jesus
• Jesus claimed to be God
• if God identifies Himself with Jesus, He supports all of Jesus' claims
• if Jesus is God, He has always been God
• If the above is true, the Son has always been fully God

∴ the Son has always been fully God

Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity, 1952, 55-56. this citation has not been verified to be accurate.

• Jesus did things only God could do
• if Jesus did things only God could do, He must have always been fully God
• If the above is true, the Son has always been fully God

∴ the Son has always been fully God

x the Son has always been fully God