A common strategy among skeptics is to construct exaggerated or absurd counterexamples to Christian epistemology rather than engaging with its actual claims. One such attempt is Basement Presuppositionalism, a thought experiment gaining traction as a supposed refutation of presuppositionalism. Presuppositionalism, … Continue reading Basement Presuppositionalism: A Failed Thought Experiment of Redeemed Zoomer
Atheist’s Question: Jimmy Stephens’ Response: The question demonstrates an immense ignorance about the problem of universals. How can a man be a particular? After all, the word “man” is a universal. No matter what word I pick out to classify, … Continue reading God as Universal and Particular: Answering the Atheist’s Query with Van Til’s Theology
Classical Apologetics is an approach to Christian apologetics that emphasizes the use of rational arguments and evidence to demonstrate the truth of Christianity. It typically follows a two-step method: Classical Apologetics: Key Arguments Cosmological Argument: Teleological Argument: Moral Argument: Ontological … Continue reading Classical Apologetics: Stated and Rejected
Criticism 1: Supernatural revelation presupposes special revelation Van Til, in his essay on scripture and nature, argues that supernatural revelation presupposes special revelation in order for the latter to be intelligible. For instance, the tree of knowledge of good and … Continue reading Van Til’s Interplay of Natural and Special Revelation: A Rebuttal to Criticisms
By Jimmy Stephens: On Christian Theism, God is self-existent, an idea freighted with a lot of metaphysical baggage. One metaphysical correlate is irrelativity. Who God is is not something defined by Platonic Forms or abstract properties or a force. God’s identity … Continue reading God’s Unique Identity: The Car Factory Analogy and Divine Self-Existence
By Jimmy Stephens Subjectivism and Moral Facts It makes no sense to talk about a being that controls the facts of creation as a subjectivist. Subjectivism is a problem for humans because human opinions, preferences, and other conscious states do … Continue reading Navigating Between Divine Command Theory and Natural Law Theory: A Balanced Approach
Satan For Christ: Satan For Christ’s Argument Against Pragmatism: Premise 1 (P1): If pragmatism is true, then those theses are false which lack inferential utility. Premise 2 (P2): Pragmatism lacks inferential utility. Conclusion (C): Therefore, if pragmatism is true, then … Continue reading Why Pragmatism Falls Short: A Simple Analysis
drake007: If no one has comprehensive knowledge of the universe, then no one can have any knowledge of the universe. Only God could have comprehensive knowledge of the universe. We have some knowledge of the universe. Therefore, God exists. Do … Continue reading Exploring the Unitary-Knowledge Argument: A Dialogue on Omniscience and Epistemology
Jimmy Stephens (Satan For Christ): On Implication and Linear Inference The long-short of it is that he made a false dichotomy, which Van Til himself anticipates and emphatically precludes, between “linear” inference and implication. Implication is not a competitor with … Continue reading Implication and Mental Constructs: A Theological Dialogue on Knowledge, Representation, and God’s Omniscience
From Chris Matthew: There are a couple of remarks that merit response, @FondestAlloy. 1. Do you deny the possibility of knowing whether something is objectively true?2. You describe pessimistic meta-induction well. In the future, there is the possibility (a high … Continue reading Epistemic Chaos: The Disarray of Unbelief
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