Arminianism, Calvinism, FreewillLeave a comment

Intuition and Choices

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I was asked to read and comment on an article. So, let’s take a look: https://arminianperspectives.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/the-reality-of-choice-and-the-testimony-of-scripture/ It begins by stating: It may seem strange to some that there even is a debate as to what constitutes free will. The average person believes that he has free will. Whenever he is confronted with a choice he believes that he can either choose this way or that, and that either choice is a real possibility. In fact, this is what we generally think of when using the word choice. We think of the power to choose between alternatives. But the simple concepts … Continue reading Intuition and Choices

Ancient Near East, Mormonism, Sentinel ApologeticsLeave a comment

A Mormon’s venture to the Planet Sentinel

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There was a recent conversation between Robert Rowe and Kwaku El. The conversation wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. The conversation kicks off with Robert saying he was wishing for Kwaku to refute Dr. James White. That came across as a bit petty on the part of Robert. Why not route for Dr. White to change Kwaku’s mind? Is it better to win a theological argument or that someone becomes a Christian? That doesn’t mean Dr. White is without fault or that his position is correct. Rowe simply comes across to someone as wishing for the wrong … Continue reading A Mormon’s venture to the Planet Sentinel

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Fletcher’s Finale

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Shane Fletcher has responded to my article. I have to admit this is his finest responses yet. These arguments probably will stand the test of time: i) June 19th I mention the exceptions of IVF, etc https://t.co/AAG6nENfMOYou immediately respond pointing out that there are methods of impregnation that don't require sex.6 days later, I believe these exception are agreed by us, but apparently not. — Shane Fletcher (@Fletch_smf) June 25, 2019 Fletcher already knows about the counterexamples to his stated position. He hasn’t been able to reformulate his position in order to avoid the same counterexamples. So, it is his … Continue reading Fletcher’s Finale

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Do Men have Bodily Autonomy?

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i) I bought up IVF and other exceptions BEFORE you raised this point the first time. Then I thought it was because you didn't read my Tweet thoroughly. This time it seems you are choosing to deliberately ignore it to appear "smart" in your blog post. — Shane Fletcher (@Fletch_smf) June 24, 2019 Shane responded to my article written in response to his position. Shane abandons his prior position because I brought up that it is obviously false. His position is analogous to a person that states the NBA hall of fame is filled with only black men. You respond … Continue reading Do Men have Bodily Autonomy?

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Fletcher’s Cause

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My position is that men are causally responsible for all pregnancies. That’s a biological fact. Women can have plenty of sex & orgasms with 0 chance of pregnancy. I am not sure if you can separate morality and causality, but pregnancy is 100% caused by men’s pleasure, so … — Shane Fletcher (@Fletch_smf) June 24, 2019 i) Men can’t be responsible for all pregnancies given the reason two lesbians can go to a sperm bank. Or suppose we can even make synthetic sperm. Clearly, then a man wouldn’t be causally related. ii) It seems like Shane operates on a false … Continue reading Fletcher’s Cause

Classical Theism, Deity of Christ, Divine Timelessness, Doctrine of God, MetaphysicsLeave a comment

Did God create Time?

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Dr. William Lane Craig doesn’t hold my perspective on time and he doesn’t hold most of any position that I hold. He and I are on different sides of the theological pendulum. But even he sees that the Bible teaches that the creation event is the beginning of time. So, I’ll quote one of his works: Defenders of divine timelessness might suggest that the biblical authors lacked the conceptual categories for enunciating a doctrine of divine time- lessness, so that their temporal descriptions of God need not be taken literally. But Padgett cites the first-century extra-biblical work 2 Enoch 65:6-7 … Continue reading Did God create Time?

Abortion, Atheism, Ethics, philosophy, Presuppositionalism, Problem of EvilLeave a comment

The Book of Eli

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Recently. Eli Alyala had a conversation with a popular Atheist YouTuber Tom Jump. I’ll give my thoughts about this conversation. Others have commented about the conversations Tom Jump have had at other times. http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/03/is-there-no-evidence-for-gods-existence.html The conversation starts with the issue of the foundation of ethics(metaethics). Tom Jump is a moral realist that bases his metaethical view on the basis of human intuition and consensus. Eli presses on the issue of subjectivity. Many people don’t have those intuitions and completely different intuitions. So, why privilege Tom Jump? Why does his intuition have the final say? Tom responds that most people have … Continue reading The Book of Eli

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Beta-Male Abortionist

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I’m going to share an edited version of the conversation I had with an abortionist over Twitter. Twitter isn’t the best format for these kinds of conversation. So, I have edited my statements to be clearer and left his alone. I also was asked to remove his name and he is fine with being referred to as Beta-Male from now on. The original conversation can be found here: Abortion is death penalty for the innocent. #AbortionIsMurder — Kris (@Kdubtru) June 11, 2019 And to be clear, I can’t get pregnant at all. Neither can you. Only a woman can get … Continue reading Beta-Male Abortionist