Genesis 1:1 - "The Beginning"

October 23, 2011

A sermon about the beginnig, Genesis, by pastor Charlie Garrett on Turtle beach, Sarasota's Siesta Key, Florida

First Principles

1. Being Is = The Principle of Existence
2. Being Is Being = The Principle of Identity
3. Being Is Not Nonbeing = The Principle of Noncontradiction
4. Either Being or Nonbeing = The Principle of the Excluded Middle
5. Nonbeing Cannot Cause Being = The Principle of Causality
6. Contingent Being Cannot Cause Contingent Being = The Principle of Contingency (or Dependency)
7. Only Necessary Being Can Cause a Contingent Being = The Positive Principle of Modality
8. Necessary Being Cannot Cause A Necessary Being = The Negative Principle of Modality
9. Every Contingent Being Is Caused by a Necessary Being = The Principle of Existential Causality
10. Necessary Being Exists = Principle of Existential Necessity
11. Contingent Being Exists = Principle of Existential Contingency
12. Necessary Being Is Similar to Contingent Being(s) It Causes = Principle of Analogy

These are undeniable or reducible to the undeniable. Any attempt to deny them will validate them.