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Aseity and Humanity

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Necessitarian’s argument: P1. x creates ex nihilo, x is a se. P2. If x is a se, x is God. P3. If x creates ex nihilo, x is God (from P1 & P2). P4. Human agents create ex nihilo (Flowers). P5. Human agents are God (per impossibile).C: Human agents do not create ex nihilo (contra Flowers).P2 is obvious for anyone who holds to classical/orthodox theology. Aseity is traditionally a divine attribute of God qua uncreated. P1 is the controversial premise and I’ll employ a simple argument to its end. P1#. If x creates ex nihilo, x is a self-sufficient cause. … Continue reading Aseity and Humanity

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KJV onlyism and Hermeneutics

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The KJV onlyist position maintains that God perfectly preserved his words through the King James version of the Bible.That entails all other translations that disagree and depart from the King James version are inaccurate. What kind of hermeneutic does that leave us with? If the words are preserved in the KJV, then it seems to logically imply that the concepts have been preserved as well. Where do these concepts reside? Concepts belong to minds. Where would God preserve the concepts? I assume the easiest answer would be that the concepts were preserved with those that were used to preserve the King James. … Continue reading KJV onlyism and Hermeneutics

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A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 10

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This is Part 10 of my series on science. Here are the other parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, and Bibliography. Unbelievers take many things for granted. They think that, from a number of glances, they can understand reality. This assumption on the unbeliever’s part has been growing in popularity within Christian and Non-Christian debates. The main contention is to ask whether that is truly the case. Do we from mere observations acquire a comprehensive picture of reality? Let us look at a brown table. We … Continue reading A start for a philosophy of Christian science: Part 10

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Flowosopher

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I recently was listening to Dr. Flowers on his podcast talk about the issue of Omniscience and Determinism. This is just another video where Leighton finds a popular Calvinist to refute. These Calvinist are usually the same group of guys( Piper, Sproul, Mohler, MacArthur). He considers these the heavyweights of Calvinism. He usually goes after those that aren’t that philosophically trained with his more philosophical objections. These men are theologians and not really experts on philosophical theology. Why doesn’t he respond to the works of Paul Manata, Dr. Greg Welty, Dr. James Anderson, Dr. Paul Helm, or Dr. John Frame? … Continue reading Flowosopher

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Every Flowers has its thorn

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Roses are Red, violets are blue. Another bad argument Dr. Flowers has brought to you. Enjoy! Dr. Flowers from “Soteriology101” and our own Bryan Forbes engaged in a conversation over twitter. Nate Davis said: The question that needs to be asked is what are the attributes of those who do cleanse themselves? Is it all their doing or God working in them? Later on in 2 Timothy it says it is God who grants repentance. Not someone waking up out of the blue (v 25) Dr. Flowers said: Never said it was “out of the blue” but in response to … Continue reading Every Flowers has its thorn

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Altruistic Theaters

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I have sometimes been around an unbeliever that claims they wouldn’t want Jesus to die for them and that it is wrong for him to bear the punishment they deserve. Why should Jesus have to die for me? Everyone should be responsible for themselves. It seems to me that these intuitions need to be challenged. Imagine you go to the movies and the story is about a son of a man of outstanding character has engaged in illegal activity that catches him into trouble. This man of character then engages in a story that requires if he wishes to save … Continue reading Altruistic Theaters