Hypothetical universalism (HU) is one of those positions that sounds like it’s giving everybody what they want. So you get this neat little package: And at first glance, people think: great—problem solved. We can preach “Christ died for you” to … Continue reading What Is an Atonement?
LeBlanc contends that determinism reduces human beings to stage props: determinism “creates direct threads between all the objects and God… in eternity past God through his divine decree dictates each and every action. Pointing out the strings is what defines … Continue reading Puppets and Providence
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 … Continue reading Philosophical Theism: A Transcendent Problem
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There was a conversation with a Jewish Classical theist and Jimmy Stephens: GGK: The predication 1. God has “Triune” as an essential property. 2. The Son, The Father, The Spirit are not in possession of the property of “Triune” Conclusion … Continue reading Is “Triune” an Essential Property?
JP Moreland and Tim Stratton: Tyler and Colton’s Review Part 1: Tyler and Colton’s Review Part 2: I couldn’t join unfortunately and neither could Jimmy. But we discussed Tim before: https://spirited-tech.com/2022/04/14/review-of-the-stratton-white-debate/ Continue reading JP Moreland Refuted on the Free Thinking Argument
From Jimmy Stephens old notes: Emanation: all contingent, secondary, “created” reality flows from the more default or prime reality. Unlike creationism, emanationism holds that derived existence involuntarily proceeds from prime reality. Empedodes and Democritus posited aporrhoea, emanations. Hylozoism might have … Continue reading Neoplatonism
Thomism: Apologetics Central: https://www.apologeticscentral.org/post/aquinas-fifth-way-and-van-tillianism Aquinas Fifth Way: Thomism Playlist: Continue reading Thomism: A Conversation with Tomas Jakab
by Jimmy Stephens Yeah, I agree with @Spicy, this is intended as a hermeneutical problem of the criterion. So @Sachairi, we would all agree you should definitely look to the historical and cultural milieu of a work to interpret it. … Continue reading The Hermeneutical Problem of the Criterion
Here is an interview with two prominent Van Tilians, Daniel Akande and Jimmy Stephens: His book can be found here: https://pushingtheantithesis.blogspot.com/p/my-books.html This also leads directly to his blog: http://pushingtheantithesis.blogspot.com/ This article was also discussed in the video: http://pushingtheantithesis.blogspot.com/2021/08/islam-neoplatonism-and-concept-of.html Continue reading The Folly of Unbelief – An Interview with Daniel Akande
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