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Presuppositionalism and Historical-Grammatical Hermeneutics

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Recently, I was on the atheist brain-cell killing zone of “Friends of The Bible & Beer Consortium”. The group attracts all the village atheist to leave their intelligence behind and set up shop in a Facebook group. The exchange I had was between Randall Theo(a troll) and Ty Wilson. Neither of them has a view of their own and can’t answer basic questions of their own worldview. But in the middle of their profound ignorance they asked a question that pops up from time to time: TheSire said: Randall, how do you account for laws of logic, objective moral norms, … Continue reading Presuppositionalism and Historical-Grammatical Hermeneutics

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Tautologicality and Christian Conceptualism

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I’ll respond to this because I think it is a good example of how people don’t understand the issue of when presuppositionalist discuss logic. This is some atheist named Barry on the internet responding to Hays’ about logic on the article “From Whence Does Logic Come? (And why you can’t use it to prove God)”. Steve Hays replied to the “first principles” part and said: “But necessary truths of logic can’t derive from contingent truths of the physical world. In many respects, the physical world might have been different. Causation is a weaker principle than logical entailment.” Well first, Hays is … Continue reading Tautologicality and Christian Conceptualism

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Celsus on the Deity of Christ (2nd Century)

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Many who deny the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ (Arianism in all its forms for example) have attempted to make the historical case that early Christians prior to the Council of Nicea didn’t believe in such things as the idea that Christ, in addition to His human nature, possesses fully the Divine nature in the same way that God the Father and God the Spirit do. While the orthodox Christian may respond with an appeal to a plethora of early documents such as Ignatius’ (A.D. 30-107) statements that demonstrate a high Christology in the Ante-Nicene period, and rightly so, … Continue reading Celsus on the Deity of Christ (2nd Century)

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Did Jesus prophesy falsely?

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It is often thought by unbelievers that Jesus prophesied falsely that he would return in 70 A.D. That is because too many it appears that he does so in the Olivet Discourse. Tyler Vela: Did Jesus Predict the Rapture within 40 Years of his Death? Part 1 Did Jesus Predict the Rapture within 40 Years of his Death? Part 2 Did Jesus Predict the Rapture within 40 Years of his Death? Part 3 Triablogue: Pretenders and the Parousia Misdating The Second Coming The Infidel Delusion- Chapter 12 Parsing the Olivet Discourse Where is Jesus coming? Continue reading Did Jesus prophesy falsely?

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When a Cactus misses the Point

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Necessitarian had a dialogue with an atheist named Cactus: Cactus: I understand that the problem of induction is philosophically pressing. To base your worldview on whatever answers this one complicated question best seems fair to me. But it does not follow that it’s True. I believe you will always win the argument of coherence in this chat, but – I’ve said it once and I will say it till it is properly addressed: A claim to knowledge != knowledge. ” ” ” Ultimate truth != ultimate truth And unfortunately, the Christian Worldview, as presented, is only actually coherent IF its … Continue reading When a Cactus misses the Point

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Conversational Presuppositionalism

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In recent weeks a few of my friends over on the Christian Philosophy discord server have been asking me how I approach apologetics. They are mostly aware that I take a presuppositional stance, and several have even noticed my “Schaefferian” name-tag. I should clarify that I am not a pure Schaefferian, but I find my apologetic more similar to his than the two primary presuppositional streams, Clarkianism and Van Tillianism. In this article, I’d like to give an overview of how I approach the practice of evangelistic conversations with unbelievers. ~=~=~ First, let me lay out common ground. All (most?) presuppositionalists would … Continue reading Conversational Presuppositionalism

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Short Critiques of Non-Christian Worldviews

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I have tried to provide short simple critiques to model on how to evaluate individual worldviews. The problem with presuppositionalism is that it rarely is effectively used in practice and only spoken about in theory. Naturalism(common for most atheist): A little Presup before Dinner Wicca: Wavering Wicca Mormonism: Manhandling Mormonism Catholicism: Clashing with Catholicism Islam: Islam: A Reformed Critique Deism: Dubious Deism Jehovah’s Witnesses: The Fall of the Watchtower The 1914 Chronology of The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Jehovah’s Witnesses and the New World Translation Judaism: Do the Jews play TAG? Messianic Prophecy in the Jewish Scriptures Clarkianism: Clarkianism … Continue reading Short Critiques of Non-Christian Worldviews