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Transgender Hinduism

TheSire

I remember discussing with a college student the issue of transgenderism. I challenged the distinction between gender and sex and pushed it further on being absurd. They then pulled out their textbook for one of their classes(Humanities) and they referred to the Hindu religion as a sort of proof for transgenderism.  1. From my understanding, most leftists are not Hindus. So, it really isn’t relevant to what arguments I would use. The idea that transgenderism is found in ancient cultures is irrelevant to whether one ought to think there exist more than two genders. How many silly ideas have existed … Continue reading Transgender Hinduism

Calvinism, Dr. Leighton Flowers, FreewillLeave a comment

Traditionalist Intuitions

TheSire

There was a thread on Facebook that I participated in discussing Calvinism. Here is my edited helpful form of a confused conversation: Leighton Flowers: If you redefine human freedom to mean “doing as one desires when those desires are theistically determined,” then sure. But normal people don’t do that. Just Calvinists. Brian Knapp: Leighton Flowers actually no – not all compatibilists are calvinists. And to say “redefine” is to beg the question. And to use the word “normal” as you did is to poison the well. Congrats – you’re 0 for 3. Phillip Jackson: Brian Knapp what poor refutation, my … Continue reading Traditionalist Intuitions

Inerrancy, Reliability of the OT and NTLeave a comment

Peter J Williams vs Bart Ehrman

TheSire

With some helpful commentary: http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/10/ehrman-v-williams-rematch.html http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/10/falling-bodies.html http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/11/i-never-claimed-to-be-doing-history.html http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/11/peter-williams-on-death-of-judas.html http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/11/how-far-did-judas-fall.html http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/11/ehrmans-equivocation-and-inerrancy-of.html http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/11/right-setting-wrong-story.html Continue reading Peter J Williams vs Bart Ehrman

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Refuting Catholic Authority

TheSire

I like Pastor Winger for willing to stand against the errors of Rome in a stranger fashion from most classical apologist(William Lane Craig, Michael Jones, etc)  I also recommend this article pared with it because it corrects certain statements passed over: http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/10/refuting-catholic-authority.html Here are his other videos in regards to Roman Catholicism: Catholicism Evaluated Biblically Continue reading Refuting Catholic Authority

Abortion, politics, TransgenderismLeave a comment

Forced Transgenderism

TheSire

The recent case that has outraged many conservatives and anyone with a brain is the one where a young boy is being forced to act like a girl by his mother. State-sanctioned abuse is very upsetting and surely we need many to speak against it before it is made law of the land. The issue is that it comes to us as no surprise in the light of abortion and infanticide. Children are merely the whim of the mother in the land of women’s rights. A woman has the right to kill her child and now the consistency to abuse … Continue reading Forced Transgenderism

Arminianism, AtonementLeave a comment

Thibodaux’s Atonement and Legal Fictions

TheSire

Thibodaux has written a response to me in his comments on his “Arminianism is cancer” article. Here are my thoughts: We have a little more from the same objector on Owen: @He argues that if you believe Christ dealt with sin/sin guilt or whatever makes mankind guilty before God, then it follows that all men must be saved. That follows if an only if the arguer assumes that the atonement saves people apart from faith. @It never states the people will be saved apart from faith. Indeed, it doesn’t state it outright, but he necessarily must presuppose as much for … Continue reading Thibodaux’s Atonement and Legal Fictions

Arminianism, Classical Theism, Divine Timelessness, Doctrine of God, Steve HaysLeave a comment

Parsed Classical Theism

TheSire

Here are some quotes Hays took from various sources on classical theism: 8. God’s knowledge is inderivative: While classical theists typically say that God knows all history by being its maker, theistic personalists are more likely to assert that God’s knowledge of history may partly be acquired by him as history unfolds. On their picture, God’s knowledge of the world, especially the world of human affairs, is capable of increase…God’s knowledge is caused by things other than himself (12).  And here’s an exposition by Brian Leftow: According to classical theism, God is: A se – wholly independent of all else. God is … Continue reading Parsed Classical Theism

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Ukrainian/Russian Collusion

TheSire

It is popular for the leftist cult to say Trump is colluding with the Ukrainians. This generates a dilemma for democrats. They believe Trump is colluding as a Russian puppet and supplying military arms to the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians have been bitter towards Russians since the Soviet union sent Ukrainians to Siberia. This has been a constant problem for liberal democrats to explain how they reconcile foreign policies that are tough against the Russian government and yet merely a puppet of Putin’s regime. Continue reading Ukrainian/Russian Collusion