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.