The Omniscient Lord: How Does God Know Things? by Chris Matthew In this limited treatment of God’s knowledge, I hope to begin by discussing the accommodated nature of propositions, followed by an excursus on God’s self-consciousness, and close with an … Continue reading The Omniscient Lord: How Does God Know Things?
Here is a very interesting article discussing current events from a Christian perspective. Continue reading The Times We Live In
Recently an unbelieving buddy of mine, with whom I chat over the net rather frequently, invited me to a thread over on The Thinking Atheist. The topic reads, Challenge to proponents of objective morality, and the OP sets up a trifold “challenge” for proponents of moral realism. Based on the contributing minds over at The Thinking Atheist forums as well as comments following the OP, it remains dubious to me whether anyone has a clear idea what is even meant by “objectivity” under the topic of (meta-) ethics, but nevertheless, my buddy convinced me to throw in two cents as … Continue reading An Example of Apologetic Conversation On Moral Antirealism
Bodily autonomy is defined as: Bodily autonomy is defined as the right to self-governance over one’s own body without external influence or coercion. It is generally considered to be a fundamental human right. Bodily autonomy relates to the concept of affirmative consent, which requires full and eager participation in any sexual encounter. Bodily autonomy is also applicable to each individual’s right to choose family planning options. Additionally, bodily autonomy is central to the formation of laws regarding privacy, abortion, medical treatment, homosexuality, and education. This article will summarize significant concepts, legal actions, and court cases in the United States that … Continue reading Bodily Autonomy
A few nights ago I was in an argument with a friend that has given up inerrancy to force a Flat Earth cosmology into the text. He assumes a universal background continued into the early church and sticks to his talking points. I just deny the existence of any universal agreement on anything. He ignores evidence to the contrary and acts as if those ANE worldviews have no political reasons. Jason Engwer has done a masterful job in showing this is naive. He was responding to John Loftus and it shows liberals and atheist feed off each other. The liberal … Continue reading Flattening out the Facts
http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/2008/11/infinite-regresses-vicious-benign-virtuous.html http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/2010/01/another-example-of-a-vicious-infinite-regress-philosophical-investigations-sec-239.html http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/2008/11/vicious-and-benign-regresses-again.html http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/2014/04/infinite-regresses-vicious-and-benign.html Continue reading Are all infinite regresses bad?
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