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Calvinism, Freewill, Paul Manata, Peter Pike, philosophy, theologyLeave a comment

Compatibalist and Semi-Compatibalist

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Over at T-blog a good conversation that I wish not to be lost in a comment section. Paul Manata and Peter Pike are two very intelligent men that had an interesting conversation about freedom and responsibility. http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2009/06/divided-front-libertarians-at-odds-with.html Peter said: Paul said: — Mentally insane people choose “what they desire,” yet I wouldn’t call them free or responsible (at least civically responsible. Responsible before God would entail a larger story, Adam, the fall, headship, so forth). — Just to show that not all us T-bloggers are in lockstep….. I would disagree in that I WOULD call such actions “free.” However, I would agree … Continue reading Compatibalist and Semi-Compatibalist

Divine Timelessness, Doctrine of God, Impassibility, logic, Metaphysics, Paul Helm, philosophy, theologyLeave a comment

Is “Timeless” Divine Action Coherent?

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This was a Paper written by Dr. Michael Czapkay Sudduth. I retrieved it from the Wayback machine and have reproduced it here. From: Philosophy of Religion Paper (May 14, 1994) Among the objections to the classical account of God’s eternality (according to which divine eternality is construed as timelessness or supratemporality) is that such a Being, a being who lacks all temporal location and extension, could not plausibly be viewed as an agent–could not coherently be thought of as bringing about various states of affairs, whether it be the bringing about the universe itself or any event within it. The … Continue reading Is “Timeless” Divine Action Coherent?

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Sudduth- Eternal Now

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This was a Paper written by Dr. Michael Czapkay Sudduth. I retrieved it from the wayback machine and have reproduced it here. From: Oxford Tutorial Paper, February 16, 1994 In the present paper I want to consider whether, or to what extent, the theory of divine timelessness in the classical theist tradition resolves the apparent conflict between God’s omniscience and the future free actions of human agents. Simply put: Is divine foreknowledge compatible with human freedom, if it is assumed that God is a timeless being? After setting forth the prima facie incompatibility problem based on a libertarian view of … Continue reading Sudduth- Eternal Now

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Matthew 16 and the Papacy

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The most famous prooftext for the Papacy is Matthew 16: 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did … Continue reading Matthew 16 and the Papacy

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“god of this world”

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2 Corinthians 4:1-6 Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, 2 but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of … Continue reading “god of this world”

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Taxation and Theft

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I don’t necessarily agree with the notion that all taxation is theft. First, I’d like to give a Biblical look at taxes. Here is the argument against the notion that taxes are theft. P1. All taxation is theft. P2. God commanded taxes in the OT (Exodus 30:11-16). C. God commanded theft in the OT. The issue is that God would never command theft in the OT(Exodus 20:15). It cannot simply be said this is the OT and is irrelevant to us today. The issues with that response are that we don’t treat the Old Testament like that. It also allows … Continue reading Taxation and Theft

apologetics, Inerrancy, Presuppositionalism, Steve Hays, theologyLeave a comment

Reductionist Christianity

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It is commonplace for an apologist of the non-reformed camp to maintain that inerrancy is not essential to apologetics. This is because they are arguing for something called “Mere Christianity”. This they believe reduces to the Gospel. I think that is ironic as they usually don’t even argue for that as they don’t include the issue of works salvation as a corruption of the Gospel. They collaborate with Catholics and Eastern Orthodox. It seems that “mere Christianity” doesn’t seem to even account for what Paul thought was essential to the Gospel. The other point presented is to distinguish between theology … Continue reading Reductionist Christianity