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Warren McGrew’s Gnostic love affair with Neoplatonism

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 TheSire

I was in a conversation regarding whether Dr. Mullins’s view on time shared something in common with Agustine. Several open theists wished to try to explain to me that I was deeply wrong. The irony I was pointing out is … Continue reading Warren McGrew’s Gnostic love affair with Neoplatonism

Cosmology, Divine Timelessness, Doctrine of God, Flat Earth, GenesisLeave a comment

‘Bara’ in Genesis 1:1 and ‘Creatio Ex Nihilo’. Dr. Tony Costa and Rev. Anthony Rogers

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 TheSire

Click here to watch on Youtube: Continue reading ‘Bara’ in Genesis 1:1 and ‘Creatio Ex Nihilo’. Dr. Tony Costa and Rev. Anthony Rogers

Chris Matthew, Classical Theism, Divine Timelessness, Doctrine of God

A Rejoinder to the Wretched Argument

December 11, 2020May 11, 2022 TheSire

Chris Matthew responds to an argument making the rounds on Twitter: “Wretched” is an apt term, if not an understatement, for something as difficult as this. Before I begin my rejoinder, though, I’ll reproduce the argument here: P1. God’s Creatorhood … Continue reading A Rejoinder to the Wretched Argument

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Is God Immaterial?

November 30, 2019April 13, 2021 TheSire

I had some time on my hands over the week to look at a debate on God being immaterial. Our old friend Kwaku debated a Christian pastor. I won’t be reviewing the Christian pastor. Kwaku starts his statement by appealing … Continue reading Is God Immaterial?

Arminianism, Classical Theism, Divine Timelessness, Doctrine of God, Steve HaysLeave a comment

Parsed Classical Theism

October 20, 2019 TheSire

Here are some quotes Hays took from various sources on classical theism: 8. God’s knowledge is inderivative: While classical theists typically say that God knows all history by being its maker, theistic personalists are more likely to assert that God’s knowledge of history may partly be acquired by him as history unfolds. On their picture, God’s knowledge of the world, especially the world of human affairs, is capable of increase…God’s knowledge is caused by things other than himself (12). And here’s an exposition by Brian Leftow: According to classical theism, God is: A se – wholly independent of all else. God is … Continue reading Parsed Classical Theism

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Thibo Dabble

September 13, 2019 TheSire

I’ll comment on the things Thibodaux asked: [“You can see his additional commentary here, though I’d recommend it for entertainment purposes only. On why he thinks choices are random:] Yes, other than the irony that some of these words apply to each article he has written in response to me. I appreciate his ability to be wrong. [@But his article gives no explanation for why they aren’t blips of chance. Besides the fact that there’s no reason to buy his counter-intuitive assertion in the first place, free will being random (as I point out in the article) would imply that … Continue reading Thibo Dabble

Classical Theism, Deity of Christ, Divine Timelessness, Doctrine of God, MetaphysicsLeave a comment

Did God create Time?

June 21, 2019 TheSire

Dr. William Lane Craig doesn’t hold my perspective on time and he doesn’t hold most of any position that I hold. He and I are on different sides of the theological pendulum. But even he sees that the Bible teaches that the creation event is the beginning of time. So, I’ll quote one of his works: Defenders of divine timelessness might suggest that the biblical authors lacked the conceptual categories for enunciating a doctrine of divine time- lessness, so that their temporal descriptions of God need not be taken literally. But Padgett cites the first-century extra-biblical work 2 Enoch 65:6-7 … Continue reading Did God create Time?

Calvinism, Classical Theism, Divine Timelessness, Doctrine of God, Metaphysics, Mormonism, Open Theism, philosophy, Prophesy, Soteriology, theology1 Comment

Fisher’s Reality

June 2, 2019October 11, 2021 TheSire

Here’s a collection of articles in response to the worldview of Chris Fisher: TheCouncil: Why I’m not an Open Theist God isn’t Open Open gods and Closed Minds Fisher on Divine Simplicity Fishing for God Fisher on Metaphysics Is Open … Continue reading Fisher’s Reality

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For he chose us in him

May 7, 2019June 2, 2021 TheSire

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Praise be … Continue reading For he chose us in him

Calvinism, Classical Theism, Divine Timelessness, Dr. Leighton Flowers, MetaphysicsLeave a comment

Eternality101

October 19, 2018 TheSire

Leighton Flowers, when pushed on the issue of whether foreknowledge is compatible with Libertarian freedom, appeals to Dr. William Lane Craig on the issue where many philosophers make a modal mistake. The issue with that response from Leighton is to assume that that is the only way Calvinist could argue for determinism is invoking the issue of necessity. But take the following argument: If God timelessly knows the past, then God’s knowledge of the past is unalterable, in which case the past is unalterable. If God timelessly knows the future, then God’s knowledge of the future is unalterable, in which case the future … Continue reading Eternality101

The Council

Category: Divine Timelessness