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Innate vs Self-Imposed Dependencies

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I am responding to this response to one of my articles from Thibodaux, again: https://arminianperspectives.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/innate-vs-self-imposed-dependencies/ Does God depend upon anything in creation? Everyone agrees that God has no need of things like food, water, shelter, rest, etc. We often refer to this as God’s aseity –His independence of His creation. I suppose that his readers blindly accept his view on the issue of aseity. I’m sure that his dictionary definition is compelling but the topic is a proper philosophical understanding of aseity. Aseity is broader than God being independent of creation. If Thibodaux was correct, then God could be dependent upon many things. … Continue reading Innate vs Self-Imposed Dependencies

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Hive Mind

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Jimmy Stephens tackles a worldview where comprehensive knowledge is had amongst an infinite amount of minds.  TheQuestioner:  Yeah, the I mean the former of replacing an omniscient mind with the idea of a societal distribution of comprehensive knowledge. Essentially, in this case, each proposition is known. Jimmy Stephens: 1.) It would be a fallacy of division to suppose that because all propositions belong to the whole of human society that each individual inherits the comprehensive set. In fact, that sounds like a good skeptical scenario: one where humanity might, as a sort of hive mind, know things, but no human … Continue reading Hive Mind

Classical Theism, Deity of Christ, Doctrine of God, Eternal Generation, holy-spirit, Infinite Regress, Jimmy StephensLeave a comment

Eternal Frustration

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Here are some recent thoughts that I have had about the topic of eternal generation. I was dialoguing with a Latin trinitarian. He stated that the Father possesses a property that causes him to emanate the Son.  So, naturally, I asked if the Son possesses that same property then it seems like he should emanate a son aswell.  This was his thoughts about that problem: Every property of the divine essence is firstly a hypostatic property of the Father; but each property which is communicated is instantiated distinctly by the distinct hypostases. Ergo, when you say “is THIS life-givingness, etc.” … Continue reading Eternal Frustration

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Thibodaux: A Dependent Independence

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Thibodaux has written a response to my article. So, let’s review it: http://spirited-tech.com/COG/2019/08/06/thibodaux-the-saga-continues/ https://arminianperspectives.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/tackling-calvinist-errors-on-omniscience-aseity-plus-a-deductive-proof/ I’ve been pretty clear since the beginning of our dialogue that God doesn’t derive His attributes from creation. Quoting previous posts: Does Thibodaux not distinguish between a person professed position and the implications of the position? Sure, he denies that that is his position but that is the implication of his position. He doesn’t do anything to dispell us of that argument. To sum up the heretofore poorly-explained objection, the objector makes the error of conflating the attribute of omniscience with the specifics of God’s knowledge. … Continue reading Thibodaux: A Dependent Independence

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‘LGBT’: Intelligible or Incoherent?

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This will be a collection of articles against transgenderism. Here are the points of privilege(he/him pronouns): Chris Matthew: ‘LGBT’: Intelligible or Incoherent? Benjamin H. Arbour: Transgenderism, Human Ontology, and the Metaphysics of Properties TheCouncil: Gender and Biology Thank You, Comrades! Continue reading ‘LGBT’: Intelligible or Incoherent?