About Paradoxology


Let God be found true though every man a liar. - Romans 3:4 

For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful by God for overturning strongly entrenched things. For we are overturning reasoning’s and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God; and we are bringing every thought into captivity to make it obedient to the Christ. 2Corinthians 10:4,5.

Paradoxology is not really a defined word, my interpretation of this word is in regards to paradoxes in the religious context:
There are many scriptures in the Bible that seem contradictory to modern science. It should be obvious that the Bible was not written to be a science text book. But it is a narrative of a higher Intelligent Being to creatures with a simpler and more primitive mind. So, we now must interpret the ancient language of the Creation as riddles and parables within the long-evolved understanding of modern science.

paradox, n. 1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. 2. a self-contradictory and false proposition. 3. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature. 4. an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.

doxology, n. 1. a hymn or form of words containing an ascription of praise to God. 2. the Doxology, the metrical formula beginning “Praise God from whom all blessings flow.”

doxy1, n. 1. opinión; doctrine. 2. religious views. Also, doxie. [1720-30; extracted from ORTHODOXY,

HETERODOXY] Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 2nd Edition

paradox. a paradox is a statement which seems absurd, obviously untrue, self-contradictory, yet which upon investigation or explanation will be seen to be well founded…. A Dictionary of contemporary American usage, by Bergen and Cornelia Evans, Random House, New York, 1957.


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