The thoughts of Jimmy Stephens: I am not DCT. My view has a lot in common with DCT and natural law theory. Against DCT, I don’t think commands are the divine items that ground moral facts. I think the language … Continue reading Divine Command Theory or Natural Law Theory?
Pallmann has responded to me again. He remarks that my criticisms have verged on the bizarre. Perhaps I have been unclear. To rectify this, I will recount our dialectic here and hopefully eliminate any misunderstandings. Pallmann has stated and implied … Continue reading Analyticity, Logic, and Aristotle
Dialogue on Sole Scriptura between Jimmy Stephens and Joe the Catholic: Jimmy: There are a few arguments I might take up for Sola Scriptura. The aseity challenge is, I think, easy to understand. God’s omnipotence and aseity are mutually entailing. … Continue reading Sola Scriptura: The Argument from Aseity
A Tale of Two Justifications by Jimmy Stephens Foundationalism struggles to comport with infallibility. Coherentism struggles to comport with fallibility. They are both faulty views in a justification dialectic. Coherentism proposes some criteria of cohesion. Beliefs have to cohere or … Continue reading A Tale of Two Justifications
I will be giving my commentary on a video by Warren McGrew on the issue of whether God has perfect knowledge. This is because he has nothing written and readily available to read and critique. He is an Open Theist … Continue reading Warren McGrew on Perfect Knowledge
The Problem of the Criterion: A Christian’s Thoughts by Jimmy Stephens The problem with particularism is spelled out by philosophers who try to handle the problem of the criterion. Namely, it is subjectivism. When the epistemologist calls one of his … Continue reading The Problem of the Criterion: A Christian’s Thoughts
Here is a conversation over the topic of Freewill, the coherence of compatibilism, and issues relevant to such. Spicy: Alright, well last note from me then: I dont think intermediate explanations will help. We may be able to appeal to … Continue reading Determinism, Control, and Human Desire
I wish to make a few comments on the review by Jonathan Mclatchie of “Canon Revisited – Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books, by Michael J. Kruger”. I’ve discussed his perspective briefly somewhere else and I … Continue reading Canon, Internalism, and Sola Scriptura
(I had Jimmy Stephens rewrite this and I think his additions made it better.) Oftentimes, Christians face questions about skeptical scenarios. These scenarios come in different degrees or strengths or tiers of skepticism. For example, there is skepticism about the … Continue reading God’s Novel and Computer Simulations
There was a question asked of Presuppositionalists regarding Bahnsen’s argument. Jimmy Stephens gave his thoughts and certain conversation. Here were the results: Matthew Flanagan: So I have been reading Bahnsen’s critiques of people like Carnell, Clark and Schafer, and Bahnsen … Continue reading The God Hypothesis
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