Atheist’s Question: Jimmy Stephens’ Response: The question demonstrates an immense ignorance about the problem of universals. How can a man be a particular? After all, the word “man” is a universal. No matter what word I pick out to classify, … Continue reading God as Universal and Particular: Answering the Atheist’s Query with Van Til’s Theology
Classical Apologetics is an approach to Christian apologetics that emphasizes the use of rational arguments and evidence to demonstrate the truth of Christianity. It typically follows a two-step method: Classical Apologetics: Key Arguments Cosmological Argument: Teleological Argument: Moral Argument: Ontological … Continue reading Classical Apologetics: Stated and Rejected
Criticism 1: Supernatural revelation presupposes special revelation Van Til, in his essay on scripture and nature, argues that supernatural revelation presupposes special revelation in order for the latter to be intelligible. For instance, the tree of knowledge of good and … Continue reading Van Til’s Interplay of Natural and Special Revelation: A Rebuttal to Criticisms
In response to my article, “Why Acts 15 Doesn’t Lead to the Catholic Church,” Reformed to Rome, a recent convert to Roman Catholicism, raised several critiques through his Twitter handle. His detailed response can be found here: ReformedToRome’s Response. His … Continue reading Acts 15: A Scriptural Refutation of Catholic Claims
John 5:15-32 (NASB) 15 The man went away and informed the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 For this reason, the Jews were persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things on a Sabbath. 17 … Continue reading Divine Unity in John 5: Understanding the Relationship Between Jesus and the Father
By Jimmy Stephens: On Christian Theism, God is self-existent, an idea freighted with a lot of metaphysical baggage. One metaphysical correlate is irrelativity. Who God is is not something defined by Platonic Forms or abstract properties or a force. God’s identity … Continue reading God’s Unique Identity: The Car Factory Analogy and Divine Self-Existence
Jimmy’s Perspective in His Own Words “I’m a pessimist about these questions. Meaning, I think analytic philosophers falsely assume there’s some transcultural, abstract answer that will magically avoid the need for further analysis and synthesis. I reject that as nonsense … Continue reading The One and the Many: A Perspective on Philosophical Complexity and Theological Insight
drake007: If no one has comprehensive knowledge of the universe, then no one can have any knowledge of the universe. Only God could have comprehensive knowledge of the universe. We have some knowledge of the universe. Therefore, God exists. Do … Continue reading Exploring the Unitary-Knowledge Argument: A Dialogue on Omniscience and Epistemology
by Jimmy Stephens: This has the odd (from a modern perspective) result that will’s correspond to nature’s, not “persons.” And in talking to some of its defenders, they will even decry the use of “person” for the Trinitarian Persons as … Continue reading The Complexities of Trinitarian Wills: Unitary and Social Perspectives
From Chris Matthew: There are a couple of remarks that merit response, @FondestAlloy. 1. Do you deny the possibility of knowing whether something is objectively true?2. You describe pessimistic meta-induction well. In the future, there is the possibility (a high … Continue reading Epistemic Chaos: The Disarray of Unbelief
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