Category: apologetics

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Cartesian Demons and Christianity

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I’ll post a recent conversation between Jimmy and an atheist that recently occurred: Ledouche said: How do you know god isn’t an infinite deceiver? Jimmy said: I don’t consider infinite deceivers a possibility. Given the Christian worldview, the existence of the Christian God and His revelation rule out the possibility that there is such a deceiver floating about. God Himself is the original archetype of truth: his perfect self-coherence, self-reflection, and self-containment (by which I mean that all universals about God exhaust the particulars, and all particulars exemplify universals). And God determines the truths of the cosmos; His word is … Continue reading Cartesian Demons and Christianity

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The Resurrection argument

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This is a collection of the case that Jesus is the risen Lord. You should note that it has a collection from different apologist with different methods. Some prefer the minimal facts argument and other prefer the maximal data argument. Here is a collection of materials on the resurrection argument: Dr. Timothyy McGrew: The Resurrection of Jesus Predictive Prophecy Dr. Lydia McGrew: A Cumulative Case for the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth Minimal Facts vs. Maximal Data Approaches to the Resurrection Six Bad Habits of New Testament Scholars (and how to avoid them) Inspiringphilosophy: 1. The Resurrection of Jesus (Introduction) … Continue reading The Resurrection argument

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Anonymous Gospels?

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This is a collection of resources on the issue of who wrote the Gospels( and maybe some other NT books). It is often said that Christians only have a collection of random books that have no relationship to those that the early church attributes them too. Dr. Michael J. Kruger : New Testament Reliability Did the Gospel Authors Think They Were Writing Scripture? 10 Misconceptions about the NT Canon: #9: “The Canonical Gospels Were Certainly Not Written by the Individuals Named in Their Titles” Dr. Darrell Bock: Did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John actually author the gospel accounts? Dr. Timothy McGrew: … Continue reading Anonymous Gospels?

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Passing thoughts

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I was watching a conversation between a Clarkian and a Classical apologist arguing with one another. The conversation turned to the Clarkian buffoonery of rejecting metaphysics. he admitted openly that he is an Idealist and the moderator agreed with that position appealing to Eastern Orthodox view of panentheism( with his appeal to the essence/energy distinction). It reminded me of when I was flirting with those ideas. Those are incompatible. If idealism is true, then physical death is an illusion, the Incarnation is an illusion, the Resurrection is an illusion, &c. If, moreover, God is timeless, and God is the source of … Continue reading Passing thoughts

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Is Christianity possibly false?

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The usual objection to the Christain transcendental argument is the notion that other worldviews are possibly true. There is an infinite set of worldviews according to them. That has force if we start with a view where possibilities are brute facts. The problem is that presupposes that Christianity is false. In Christianity, the facts of possibility are God’s facts. The Reformed view of Modality is thus: The finite mind cannot thus, if we are to reason theistically, be made the standard of what is possible and what is impossible. It is the divine mind that is determinative of the possible. We conclude … Continue reading Is Christianity possibly false?

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Do the Jews play TAG?

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I recently asked Jimmy’s thoughts on a challenge to TAG. That challenge being an OT Jew that only believes in the OT books. How would a presuppositionalist respond? Two problems: 1.) It is impossible to be neutral about the status of the New Testament. Christian Theism, as you know, presents a worldview in which the entire canon is the imperfect but providential derivation of original autographs which were divinely inspired, the whole Christian Bible standing as revelation, and therefore a worldview in which the New Testament is self-authoritative. To say only the Tanakh is revelation means one is either openly … Continue reading Do the Jews play TAG?