Logical Fallacy of Generalizing from a Hypostatization

Generalizing form a hypostatization is one of the many smokescreens that are used to cover the fact that the reasoning is based on one of the three fallacies of Agrippa's trilemma. Whenever a logical fallacy is committed, the fallacy has its roots in Agrippa's trilemma. All human thought (without Divine revelation) is based on one of three unhappy possibilities. These three possibilities are infinite regress, circular reasoning, or axiomatic thinking. This problem is known as Agrippa's trilemma. Some have claimed that only logic and math can be known without Divine revelation; however, that is not true. There is no reason to trust either logic or math without Divine revelation. Science is also limited to the pragmatic because of the weakness on human reasoning, which is known as Agrippa's trilemma.

The Logical Fallacy of Generalizing from a Hypostatization occurs when a concept or idea is regarded or treated as a distinct substance or reality. To hypostatize is to regard or treat a concept or idea as a distinct substance or reality. A hypostatization is something that is dreamt up and yet considered real.

Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Generalizing from a Hypostatization

• the Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story (It is a mere story based on multiple arbitrary assumptions. When it is treated as if it were part of reality, it commits the fallacy of generalizing from a hypostatization.)
• Atheism (Atheism is an unsupported assertion and a universal negative fallacy. It attempts to deny the existence of God. When anyone thinks that the "no-God" hypostatization is part of reality or lives their life as if this hypostatization were part of reality, they commit the fallacy of generalizing from a hypostatization.)
• Agnosticism (Agnosticism claims that no one can know God or even know about God. As such, it is an unsupported assertion and a universal negative fallacy. In fact, it is an assertion contrary to fact since it has repeatedly been falsified. When anyone asserts that "no one can know God personally," or thinks that such a hypostatization is part of reality, they commit the fallacy of generalizing from a hypostatization.)
• Hedonism (Hedonism is the hypostatization that pleasure is the highest good and the proper aim of all human life. Considering that this hypostatization is part of reality is a way to commit the fallacy of generalizing from a hypostatization.)
• Belief in natural human goodness without Christ (When the hypostatization of natural human goodness without Christ is viewed or regarded as part of reality, this is the logical fallacy of generalizing from a hypostatization in action.)
• Theology that rationalizes beyond what God is actually saying through Scripture (Rationalism is the belief that the human mind can manufacture knowledge without the benefit of either observation of Divine revelation. Any theology that is based on rationalism is based on what comes out of the fallen human mind, which God tells us is deceitful and desperately wicked. The theology is a hypostatization in this case. Believing that the theology is part of reality or acting as if the theology is part of reality is an example of the logical fallacy of generalizing from a hypostatization.)

“Theology is a study with no answers because it has no subject matter.”

This statement makes the assertion that God does not exist and that God doesn’t speak to His people. It is made based on generalizing from a hypostatization. Any time an assumption or story is treated as if it were a fact, this is generalizing from a hypostatization. This is also an assertion contrary to fact. The reason that this assertion contrary to fact is made with such confidence is because of the hypostatization of Atheism or Agnosticism. Both Atheism and Agnosticism are concepts that are treated, by a few people, as facts. Since they seem to be facts to these people, they are very limiting. They disallow exploration of the real fact that everyone who seeks Christ in sincerity, humility, and persistence, and with a will to do His will does find Him.