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Hawkeye

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I recently got into an exchange with a classical apologist, Spencer Hawkins. So, the credit goes to him. Here’s how it went: “1) Your first move is to shift the burden of proof. You make the claim that ALL non-Christian worldviews are logically impossible,” i)The issue is that to propose a question-begging claim. To say that it is possible doesn’t show it to be possible. From the Christian perspective, my God is the measure of what is and is not possible. You even say later “I can imagine the Christian God not existing without running into a logical contradiction”. This … Continue reading Hawkeye

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Edwards – Moral Necessity

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1. Moral Necessity may be as absolute as natural Necessity. That is, the effect may be as perfectly connected with its moral cause, as a natural, necessary effect is with its natural cause. Whether the Will in every case is necessarily determined by the strongest motive, or whether the Will ever makes any resistance to such a motive, or can ever oppose the strongest present inclination, or not; if that matter should be controverted, yet I suppose none will deny, but that, in some cases, a previous bias and inclination, or the motive presented, may be so powerful, that the … Continue reading Edwards – Moral Necessity

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Adam’s First Sin

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In discussing Adam we are at the disadvantage of the Biblical evidence is at a minimum. We agree that Libertarianism fails to answer the question as well. That nobody is free from the eternal decrees of Lord Jesus. We have alternative explanations for why Adam sinned. The origin of Sin is a difficult issue, but possible. We have the Edwards-Anderson(mysterian) response and another more uncommon one. Edwards in the Freedom of the Will wrote: Concerning sins first Entrance into the world. The things which have already been offered, may serve to obviate or clear many of the objections which might … Continue reading Adam’s First Sin