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apologetics, Roman Catholicism, Sola ScripturaLeave a comment

Dr. Gavin Ortlund vs Trent Horn

March 8, 2023March 14, 2023 TheSire

I watched the Dr. Gavin Ortlund vs Trent Horn debate: Horn argues that 2 Timothy 3:15-16 (θεόπνευστος, theopneustos, God-Breathed) isn’t meant to teach that the scriptures are inerrant but rather that it means “life-giving”.  Horn passes on an interpretation from … Continue reading Dr. Gavin Ortlund vs Trent Horn

AtheismLeave a comment

Ortho Bros, TAG, & Spencer

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 TheSire

Richard Spencer on Twitter: “The Aloha-shirt clad “Ortho Bros” think they’ve really got something with the “transcendental argument” for being a Christian. https://t.co/t9ZRgUu1Id” / Twitter The Aloha-shirt clad “Ortho Bros” think they’ve really got something with the “transcendental argument” for … Continue reading Ortho Bros, TAG, & Spencer

Ethics, politicsLeave a comment

Reparations Are Biblical?

March 1, 2023March 19, 2023 TheSire

Thabiti Anyabwile tries to appeal to Ezra for Reparations, but such appeals don’t go without its challenges: First, the argument for reparations from Ezra 6 seems to imply that all that Darius did in this context was just in God’s … Continue reading Reparations Are Biblical?

Calvinism, Jimmy StephensLeave a comment

Necessitarianism: Conceive of the Possibilities

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 TheSire

Barrel Philosophy: Agaist logical or metaphysical necessitarainism. Cuz if it’s logical necessitatarianism I will have to pull up some logic stuff. (Basically it’s just arguing agaist Timothy Williamson saying S5 implies necessitarianism.) The metaphysical one I can present tho. 1. … Continue reading Necessitarianism: Conceive of the Possibilities

Chris Harris, Jimmy StephensLeave a comment

Indexical and the Trinity

February 21, 2023 TheSire

Background: ‘ De re ’ means ‘of, or concerning, a thing’. For example, a de dicto belief is a belief that a bearer of representative content is true, while a de re belief is a belief concerning some thing, that … Continue reading Indexical and the Trinity

Calvinism, Jimmy StephensLeave a comment

Does the Authorial Model have a Fictitious Problem?

February 21, 2023 TheSire

Daniel Akande: I think within the context of this specific thread, you are begging the question. You asked why we can’t infer all these other facts from unrelated ones. It’s because those facts are measured in a different way. How … Continue reading Does the Authorial Model have a Fictitious Problem?

Jimmy StephensLeave a comment

Communication, Canon, and Unbeliever Knowledge of God

February 21, 2023 TheSire

Nat: Well, I think that’s false. Communication is a two way street. God’s side of communication can be infallible, but the other side can be perfectly fallible, or even shut down entirely the communication, as an example But you could … Continue reading Communication, Canon, and Unbeliever Knowledge of God

Eastern OrthodoxyLeave a comment

Jay Dyer: Grand Theft Orthodoxy

February 20, 2023 TheSire

Jay Dyer: Grand Theft Orthodoxy – YouTube   Continue reading Jay Dyer: Grand Theft Orthodoxy

Jimmy StephensLeave a comment

Computers and Knowledge

February 18, 2023 TheSire

Jimmy Stephens: A necessary condition of being a person is knowing God. Computers cannot possess knowledge – full stop. So computers cannot be persons. Isaiah: What would be the necessary condition for knowing God? Jimmy Stephens: The definite article “the” … Continue reading Computers and Knowledge

Ancient Near EastLeave a comment

Dr. Bowen’s Moral Claims

February 18, 2023February 18, 2023 TheSire

This is a presuppositionalist tactic to try to call into question the “ultimate” or “foundational” basis for declaring anything to be immoral. I have not spend the requisite time (nor am I likely to) studying ethics at a philosophical level … Continue reading Dr. Bowen’s Moral Claims

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