Author: TheSire

apologetics, Epistemology, Jimmy Stephens, philosophy, Presuppositionalism, Steve HaysLeave a comment

Stroud and Van Til

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My friends Jimmy and Békefi Bálint had a conversation on the issue of his paper: Bosserman on Stroud’s Objection https://philarchive.org/archive/BKEVTV Necessitarian-discord-tact-convo Modest TAG argument: Modest is Hottest: A Brief Response to Bálint Békefi’s “Van Til versus Stroud: Is the Transcendental Argument for Christian Theism Viable?” Is TAG viable? Continue reading Stroud and Van Til

philosophy, Presuppositionalism, theology, TrinityLeave a comment

Trinity and Personality

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It is sometimes asked if God could include one less or more persons in the Godhead. The obvious answer is in the negative but interesting metaphysical reasons may be behind why. Sufficient meditation on the above observations yields the conclusion that God cannot be any more or any less than three divine persons, without being reduced to a common class with those finite “impersonally-contained” deities mentioned earlier. Any other number of divine persons would create a disparity between the personal contexts and the personal relationships; between the “one” and the “many” of the Godhead. For example, if God were bi-personal— … Continue reading Trinity and Personality

Atheism, Eschatology, Problem of Evil, theology, Vincent's ThoughtsLeave a comment

Times of Darkness

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We recently had in Florida a school shooting in which 17 people were murdered and others were injured. It shows us in times of darkness what true evil is. We often miss that because we usually get sucked into a political debate about gun control that probably would’ve done nothing to stop shootings like this. The problem is people assume that the government can change hearts and minds. We have this hope that the state can save us from the wickedness of other humans. This, of course, was a breakdown of the system. The FBI and PD were aware that the boy was … Continue reading Times of Darkness

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Dubious Deism

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Necessitarian: Here is a dilemma that ensues on deism. Is the deist god a transcendent creator? If so, then there are no categories, properties, or principles (nothing) he shares in common with creation by which to know of or about him without revelation. Yet, as the creator of the world, the unknowable god would still be the only one to possess an exhaustive concept of the universe, and so would still be indispensable to epistemology. And so, if the deist god is a transcendent creator, knowledge is impossible. Is the deist god an immanent creator? If so, then this god … Continue reading Dubious Deism