[responsivevoice_button] There is a common objection against the YEC(specifically the idea that things are created with apparent age). That God would be guilty of deception because the appearance of things contradicts their reality. I’ve responded to that on another occasion: … Continue reading Lost in Translation
[responsivevoice_button] How can light be created or exist, it is often asked, before the sun was created? The problem with this and similar questions is that they impose our knowledge about the cosmos, indeed an objective knowledge about the workings … Continue reading The Light of Day
Further Suggestion: The Bible and Slavery Continue reading Is Exodus 21:20-21 A Manual For Beating Slaves?
From The Hymn to Enlil, from Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament: Enlil whose command is far-reaching, lofty his word (and) holy, Whose pronouncement is unchangeable, who decrees destinies unto the distant future, Whose lifted eye scans … Continue reading False Advertising
I have done a series of articles on Kwaku El and his style of Mormon apologetics for some time. I wish now to collect the relevant material. Is God Immaterial? Is God Immaterial? Part 2 Early Jewish Monotheism and Materialism … Continue reading Kwaku El
It is presented by some enthusiasts that the Jews were just materialists. That no Jew in the 1st century thought God was a being that transcending the physical world. But that isn’t actually true because various perspectives existed in 2nd temple Judaism. The late NT scholar Larry Hurtado said in one of his works: Of course, once again, this draws on and reflects a developed Jewish view of the biblical deity, which has roots far back into prohibitions against making any image, in texts such as Deuteronomy 4:15-20, and in the dramatic account in Exodus 33:12-23 where God refuses Moses’ … Continue reading Early Jewish Monotheism and Materialism
Catholics, Orthodox, and other systems of these flavors like to (over)state their historical presence. That what matters is that some organization has historical continuity. The ironic thing about their worldview has no connection with the OT. That comes from the … Continue reading Before the Judge
I would only add the idea of Currid’s polemical theology, but the article shows relevant dissimilarities between other law codes of the ANE and the Bible. https://areopagusoftoday.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-distinctiveness-of-biblical-law-in.html Continue reading The Distinctiveness of Biblical Law in the Ancient Near East
I have no idea what you’re talking about. In Acts 17 Paul isn’t referring to believers. He’s talking about human beings. All of them. The reason we know that “the divine nature” isn’t like silver or gold, the art of … Continue reading Paul at Athens
There was a recent conversation between Robert Rowe and Kwaku El. The conversation wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. The conversation kicks off with Robert saying he was wishing for Kwaku to refute Dr. James White. That came across as a bit petty on the part of Robert. Why not route for Dr. White to change Kwaku’s mind? Is it better to win a theological argument or that someone becomes a Christian? That doesn’t mean Dr. White is without fault or that his position is correct. Rowe simply comes across to someone as wishing for the wrong … Continue reading A Mormon’s venture to the Planet Sentinel
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