Jimmy Stephens states: This theory requires that epistemic virtues are distinguishable from vices. Further, in order for the theory to be consistent, knowing the difference should just involve exemplifying the virtues. The problem is that this question is metacognitive in … Continue reading The Virtue of Virtue Epistemology
Here’s a question I had Jimmy answer: Like I don’t know exactly what constitutes this property, what is it, what is its relation to the thing? How does it emerge, from what principle etc? Here’s Jimmy’s thoughts: What’s “this” property? First of all, if you didn’t know what the property is, then you could just say that to God any time he attributes the property in Scripture. So this is a problem only for someone who’s not consistently aimed at a BIblical theology of evil. Second, if you didn’t know what the property is, you couldn’t be held responsible for … Continue reading What’s Evil?
Here is a dialogue Jimmy had with an Eastern Orthodox: Apologia: our epistemic source is our faculties which are gifted to us by God. Even the bible talks about this in Romans 1 and how atheists are at fault because … Continue reading Sola Scriptura and Circularity
Here is a part of a dialogue with a Catholic Apologist over the issue of Justification: B. Catholic: I think it’s really important to note that in recent decades, the Catholic Church has acknowledged that the traditional Lutheran understanding of … Continue reading Sola Fide: Abrahamic Justification vs Papal Justification
Here is a dialogue with a catholic that Jimmy had over the issue of justification and Sola Scriptura: Jimmy Stephens: When we speak about justification we’ll have to get straight that we can have multiple justifications for one belief. I … Continue reading How is Sola Scriptura Justified?
Here is an apologist named Jon Klaus making the case that Van Tilians ought to accept axioms: https://twitter.com/_languagegames/status/1703516640644932082 Here is Jimmy Stephens’s response to him: I would mount a threefold objection. First, exegetical. Insofar as revelational epistemology (hereafter, RE) aims … Continue reading Do Van Tilians Need to Accept Axioms?
Dr. Rasmussen: Dear Christians, if you have been thinking that the Bible is the highest authority *on the grounds that was inspired by God*, then, to be consistent, you should also believe that if God inspires a personal dream or … Continue reading Dreams and Sola Scriptura
Ricky: So there’s God Who has concepts of us in His mind even before creation And then there’s creation Where those concepts are made manifest in flesh Ig? Nick: For me, I take a more radical view on the topic. … Continue reading What is the Nature of Reality?
Nick: we take Jesus to have two intellects/mentalities. You’d say Jesus doesn’t have two minds yes? If so. How would you differentiate a mind from a mentality? Jimmy: It’s clearer to start with what you think demarcates the Trinitarian persons … Continue reading Mentality over Mind?
Nick: Change involves time. But there was no time for God to produce a change. So we wonder firstly what change is without time but.. If it was created, then we changed from a state of no change, to change. … Continue reading Change
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