Author: TheSire

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Thibodaux: The Saga Continues

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J.C. Thibodaux has responded to my refutation: https://arminianperspectives.wordpress.com/2019/08/01/calvinist-debate-talking-past-the-argument/ Before we get to that, his big objection in his initial post was that the Arminian view of free will would somehow ‘explain’ God’s attributes. Though I expressed that his objection about people ‘explaining’ God’s attributes wasn’t clear, instead of any clarification we get this: The problem with the second point is that it is clearly incorrect. It is relevant because it still shows that Arminians have tensions in their worldview. He’s still not clear what he means by this, but suffice to say that complaining about creation ‘explaining’ God’s attributes without even defining his … Continue reading Thibodaux: The Saga Continues

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Thibodaux’s Cooked Goose

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J.C. Thibodaux has responded to an article I wrote against his view of aseity. https://arminianperspectives.wordpress.com/2019/07/26/calvinisms-inconsistencies-on-gods-attributes/ The first of his objections involves people ‘explaining’ God. Van Til thinks of aseity as God being self-contained. Nothing can further explain God other than himself but on Thibodaux scheme, God being is explained by creatures. But how can a being that is a se or self-explained be further explained by created things(people and their choice)? It isn’t really clear what he’s asking. If he’s talking about how we define God, He most certainly is, in some ways, defined by His creation. “God, furthermore, said … Continue reading Thibodaux’s Cooked Goose

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The Real Slim Shady

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Here’s your problem Vincent: You’re not able to distinguish between the nature of a person, let’s say Jesus, the [hu]man, and the identity of a person, like, again, Jesus ‘the Word’ of God, the ‘son of God’, the “name” (notice a name is an identifier telling us who, not what) “that is above all names.” Once you do, all of your citations fall right into place. No need to posit non-Christian philosophical solutions like, of a sudden, we’re to suppose man now has two natures? Once again, the presupposition you hold to is showing (Classic Theism/Scholasticism), which you bring to … Continue reading The Real Slim Shady

Ethics, Feminism, John Wilkinson, Liberalism, Politically CorrectLeave a comment

Misogamists and Misandrists

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But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 1 Timothy 2:12 You would think this passage is as simple to a third grader to able to read and understand… What part of “I do not allow a woman to teach…” do many do not understand? It is perhaps one of the most controversial verses (next to verses that say homosexuality is a sin) that many refuse to take for what it says. Instead, many continue to tap dance around this verse and say Paul the Apostle didn’t mean what … Continue reading Misogamists and Misandrists