LeBlanc contends that determinism reduces human beings to stage props: determinism “creates direct threads between all the objects and God… in eternity past God through his divine decree dictates each and every action. Pointing out the strings is what defines … Continue reading Puppets and Providence
Many philosophical theists and soft deists claim that logic leads us to God. They affirm that logic is real, that it reflects something objective, and that this objectivity must ultimately be divine. They reason, “Logic must be grounded in God, … Continue reading The Silence of the Sky: When Reason Replaces Revelation
By Jimmy Stephens The problem with particularism is spelled out by philosophers who try to handle the problem of the criterion. Namely, it is subjectivism. When the epistemologist calls one of his beliefs or a set of his beliefs a … Continue reading The Problem of the Criterion and Revelational Epistemology
The doctrine of the Trinity is often regarded as complex and has long been the subject of serious theological and philosophical debate. One recurring issue concerns the law of identity and how it relates to the persons and essence of … Continue reading Trinity, Identity, and the Collapse of the Ousia Dilemma
Jimmy Stephens on God as the Solution to the Problem of Universals You ask: “How can God be both universal and particular? And how does His being these two things ground their presence in the world?” Good question—because it shows … Continue reading God: Universal and Particular
In a previous article, I discussed some of the basic principles of presuppositionalism. Here, I’d like to expand on those foundations and develop a few core arguments more thoroughly. 1. Transcendental Argument In that earlier piece, I briefly introduced the … Continue reading Expanding Presuppositional Principles: Transcendental Argument, Epistemology, and the Impossibility of the Contrary
Atheists have often presented to me what they call “the problem of starting points.” They argue that we must begin either with ourselves or with logic—because, they say, to start anywhere else is to descend into incoherence. If you begin … Continue reading Do We Start With God? Or Just Pretend We Don’t?
Michael Jones was recently interviewed by Braxton Hunter and Jonathan Pritchett in a segment that felt more like MSNBC lobbing questions at Obama than a serious theological discussion. You have to wonder if Hunter and Pritchett even have arms, considering … Continue reading Metaphysical Confusion: Michael Jones, Idealism, and the Failure of Molinism
The problem of the one and the many—the tension between unity and diversity—has haunted philosophy from its inception. How can diversity exist without fragmenting into chaos? How can unity exist without collapsing into abstraction? Most systems answer this by privileging … Continue reading Against Idealism
I recently got into an exchange with a classical apologist named Spencer Hawkins. Credit to him for initiating a worthwhile discussion. Here’s how it went. 1. The Burden of Proof and Possibility Spencer: “Your first move is to shift the … Continue reading A Response to Spencer Hawkins on Presuppositional Apologetics
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