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Is God a Deceiver? Response to Tim Stratton’s Argument

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Tim Stratton has repeatedly argued that Calvinism—if consistent—renders God a “deity of deception.” The idea is simple but alarming: if God determines all beliefs, and some of those beliefs are false (including beliefs about God Himself), then God must be directly causing theological falsehood—and thus functions as a deceiver:

“If exhaustive divine determinism is true, then God causally determines all false theological beliefs—even those about Himself. That would make Him the ultimate source of deception.”

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From Creation to Determinism: The Word Who Made Human Choice

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By Jimmy Stephens Introduction Christianity teaches God is the creator of all things. This Creatorhood encompasses not only physical objects like planets or the human body, but every fact whatsoever. God creates not only galaxies and physical laws, but truth … Continue reading From Creation to Determinism: The Word Who Made Human Choice

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 1

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This is the beginning of a series of articles related to the issue of Christianity and Science. These are a short defense of the idea that Christianity is necessary for science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 1

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 7

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This is part seven in my series on science.Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. The problem of induction: Let’s say that we observe a large number of objects with characteristic A, noting that all of them also possess characteristic B. It is natural for us to conclude that, in all probability, all objects with A also possess B — including those objects with A that have yet to be observed (or cannot be observed). The question Hume asked is, “What … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 7

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 6

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This is part six of my series on science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. The Biblical Perspective on Science What is the biblical view of providence? Is it natural law? Is it indeterministic? We must have a biblical view of God’s providence, in order to dictate what Christian science would be. What’s the biblical evidence? The Bible pictures him acting with the creation directly and indirectly. We should speak of God acting in time, like when he creates light … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 6

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 5

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This is the fifth part in the series on science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. Doesn’t the fossil record prove Darwinism? Well, no. It is difficult to imagine how it actually could. I’m going to appeal simply to those who would know better about this subject than myself. Those being the likes of William Dembski and Jonathan Wells. Here is the article I’m quoting and using: https://evolutionnews.org/2016/07/why_fossils_can/ 1. Scientist and philosophers of science have stated that they think their … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 5

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 4

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This is the fourth part in my series on science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. We have seen that the secular establishment has had quite a difficulty with the goals, methods, and foundations of science. What then does science deal with? Science is always interrelated to induction. It is arguing from a particular to the general. The issue that some like Dr.Gordon Clark noticed is that Inductive logic seems to commit the fallacy of affirming the consequent. Which is … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 4

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 2

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This the second part to my series on science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. Methodological Naturalism: Another attempt is … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 2

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Miracles, induction, and retrodiction

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Interesting thoughts from Steve Hays about Miracles and reconstructing the past: In the case of miracles, induction hits a wall. When the subsequent course of events is the result of a miracle, inductive inference can’t go further back than the miracle. It can’t reconstruct the past before the miracle occurred, because the post-miraculous state is not a product of the pre-miraculous state. Induction can only take you from the present to as far back in time as the precipitating miracle. It can’t jump over that to the other side, because the chain of events prior to the miracle is a … Continue reading Miracles, induction, and retrodiction