My friends Jimmy and Békefi Bálint had a conversation on the issue of his paper: Bosserman on Stroud’s Objection https://philarchive.org/archive/BKEVTV Necessitarian-discord-tact-convo Modest TAG argument: Modest is Hottest: A Brief Response to Bálint Békefi’s “Van Til versus Stroud: Is the Transcendental Argument for Christian Theism Viable?” Is TAG viable? Continue reading Stroud and Van Til
It is sometimes asked if God could include one less or more persons in the Godhead. The obvious answer is in the negative but interesting metaphysical reasons may be behind why. Sufficient meditation on the above observations yields the conclusion that God cannot be any more or any less than three divine persons, without being reduced to a common class with those finite “impersonally-contained” deities mentioned earlier. Any other number of divine persons would create a disparity between the personal contexts and the personal relationships; between the “one” and the “many” of the Godhead. For example, if God were bi-personal— … Continue reading Trinity and Personality
Molinism is extremely popular amongst Christian philosophers. I don’t know why other than for their commitment to autonomy: Paul Helm: Natural and Free Knowledge Middle Knowledge Turretinfan: Molinism with TF Grounding objection Triablogue: How does God get the world he … Continue reading Molinism
This is a collection of the case that Jesus is the risen Lord. You should note that it has a collection from different apologist with different methods. Some prefer the minimal facts argument and other prefer the maximal data argument. Here is a collection of materials on the resurrection argument: Dr. Timothyy McGrew: The Resurrection of Jesus Predictive Prophecy Dr. Lydia McGrew: A Cumulative Case for the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth Minimal Facts vs. Maximal Data Approaches to the Resurrection Six Bad Habits of New Testament Scholars (and how to avoid them) Inspiringphilosophy: 1. The Resurrection of Jesus (Introduction) … Continue reading The Resurrection argument
It is sometimes claimed that the idea that God created the world with apparent age makes God deceptive. He creates a Young earth and yet gives it the appearance of a world that appears as if the world is billions … Continue reading Creation and Deception
The problem of evil is a problem that has stood the test of time. It is commonly thought that the attributes of God are inconsistent with the existence of evil. Christians have long pondered the question of evil and here … Continue reading Problem of Evil
Now, where does the authority of the absolute moral principle come from? Notice that I am not asking where the conviction itself comes from, as if this were a causal argument. That is not the point—at least not yet. The … Continue reading Absolute Personality
A while back some indeterminist proponents were using this verse to defend libertarian freedom. The problem with that is they maintain that libertarian freedom is the necessary condition of moral culpability. That means that an agent without that ability would be innocent for any deed he does. If they believe this way of escape that is provided by God is libertarian freedom, then the passage only gives that freedom to believers in God. God doesn’t provide a way of escape for everyone. So, the libertarian would have to maintain all nonbelievers are innocent. Other stuff: Steve Hays: Molinism and 1 … Continue reading 1 Cor. 10:13
The Council 
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