Author: TheSire
The Modal argument for Dualism
Flattening out the Facts
A few nights ago I was in an argument with a friend that has given up inerrancy to force a Flat Earth cosmology into the text. He assumes a universal background continued into the early church and sticks to his talking points. I just deny the existence of any universal agreement on anything. He ignores evidence to the contrary and acts as if those ANE worldviews have no political reasons. Jason Engwer has done a masterful job in showing this is naive. He was responding to John Loftus and it shows liberals and atheist feed off each other. The liberal … Continue reading Flattening out the Facts
Atheism, Amoralism, and Arationalism
Is Dr. Michael Heiser a Theological Liberal?
Moral Realism Defended
Universal Background?
The idea that it is the universal background of the OT that the world was Flat and had a metal dome isn’t universally accepted. Dr. Vern Poythress in his book (P. 96) “Redeeming Science” gave his thoughts on this issue: 8 Sometimes it is said that the language in the Bible arises against the background of ancient “cosmology” that postulated underlying waters, then solid earth, then a solid “firmament” dome for the sky, then the sea above the firmament (Paul H. Seely, “The Firmament and the Water Above. Part I: The Meaning of raqia‘ in Gen 1:6-8,” Westminster Theological Journal … Continue reading Universal Background?
The triple-decker universe
The common claim that the entire ANE all believed in a Three Tiered Cosmology and that it is even thought in our own Bible is a common annoying claim. Those who present such ideas miss the simplest observations to maintain their narrative. Steve Hays once wrote: Critics of the Bible like to belabor the triple-decker universe. This overlooks a number of considerations. 1.The Bible employs a double-decker formula (e.g. Gen 2:4) as well as triple-decker formula (e.g. Exod 20:4). Given this stylistic variety, there is no reason to privilege the triple-decker formula over and above the double-decker formula. Continue reading The triple-decker universe
Revolutionary Requirements
At Triablogue I asked whether it was moral for the Revolutionary War to occur. The question behind that is when is an uprising against a municipality morally acceptable? I think Romans 13 was written to a Church that had no ability to defend itself and that is a much different set of circumstances today. I can see that 1 of the requirements would be the right motive. It must not be done for selfish ambition and evil intent. It must come from a good Godly desire for future generations to succeed and to have some form of peace. That they … Continue reading Revolutionary Requirements
The Council 
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