Apologetics

Consideren la siguiente objeción popular contra el Molinismo: “El Molinismo estipula que el valor de verdad de los contrafácticos de la libertad de las criaturas es lógicamente previo al decreto divino creativo de Dios. Dado que su valor de verdad es lógicamente previo al decreto divino creativo, entonces se sigue que su valor de verdad no es causado por Dios (es decir, ellos no son el resultado de Su voluntad decretiva). Sin embargo, este no es el caso en el Calvinismo Dete

This is the conclusion of a trilogy of articles surveying what I refer to as "The BIG 3" of God's omni-attributes. I have previously written about God's perfect love for all people (See The Omnibenvolence of God ) and God's perfect power (See The Omnipotence of God ). After considering these characteristics of God's nature, the next divine attribute we need to understand is that of His omniscience. This big word simply means that God is all-knowing! Philosophers and theologi

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Resumen: En el webcast “Dividing Line” de James White titulado “William Lane Craig, the Lowered Bar, Molinism, and Erasmus” ( William Lane Craig, La Barra muy Baja, Molinismo y Erasmo ) White argumenta que el Conocimiento Medio socava la soberanía de Dios. Este ensayo argumenta que las críticas de White ya sea proporcionan conclusiones triviales, proporcionan premisas que se refutan a sí mismas, implican una perspectiva que es totalmente ininteligible, inter alia . A la luz d

Question It’s platitudinous to claim that there are aggressive people in every group, however, it’s more controversial to claim that a particular group of people is more prone to aggression than others. For example, I take it that you share the same experience I do when I assert the proposition that “Internet atheists are generally more aggressive than Mormons”. Certainly, we don’t have any statistical evidence to confirm this, but I doubt that an unbiased observer would fin

Consider the following popular objection to Molinism: "Molinism stipulates that the truth-value of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom are logically prior to the divine creative decree. Since their truth value is logically prior to the divine creative decree, then it follows that their truth value is not caused by God (i.e. it is not the result of His decretive will). This, however, is not the case on Determinist-Calvinism. For on Determinist-Calvinism God causes the cou

I recently had the privilege of meeting the French Calvinist philosopher Guillame Bignon. Although I disagree with Bignon, in my opinion, he offers the best defense of Calvinism today. With that said, however, I wrote an essay critiquing a small portion of Bignon's recent book. In response to my arguments, Hays quickly wrote a response article objecting to my arguments and defending Bignon. For my original essay see Excusing Sinners, Blaming God, Compatiblism, & the Conseque

¿Existe Dios?, ¿es el Cristianismo verdadero?, ¿es la Biblia confiable? Estas son las tres preguntas más importantes que una persona podría hacerse. Incluso si un escéptico comienza con la presuposición de que la Biblia no es confiable, ellos probablemente estarían de acuerdo con el apóstol Pablo de que si Cristo no resucitó nuestra fe es inútil (1 Cor. 15:14, 17). Básicamente, lo que Pablo está diciendo es que si Jesús no se levantó de entre los muertos, entonces ¡somos un

Resumen: Los dos argumentos principales que la película Calvinista presenta contra la Expiación Ilimitada son: 1) que la expiación ilimitada reduce el efecto de la expiación y 2) que la expiación ilimitada no puede permanecer en pie contra el argumento de la doble acusación. Dentro de este ensayo, yo sostengo que estos dos argumentos violan tres principios básicos dentro de la teología bíblica y que ambos argumentos cometen una petición de principio, como veremos adelante. Po

To see part 2 of this response click here . Summary: In an episode of "The Dividing Line" entitled William Lane Craig, the Lowered Bar, Molinism, and Erasmus , James White argues that middle knowledge undermines God's sovereignty. This essay argues that White's criticisms either yield trivial conclusions, yield self-undermining premises, imply a viewpoint that is wholly unintelligible, inter alia. In light of these shortcomings, I reconstruct White's argument in two differen

Resumen: En el segmento de la película Calvinist ( Calvinista ) que aborda sobre la Elección Incondicional varios entrevistados describen el concepto, proveen textos prueba y relatan sus reacciones a estos. Yo concluyo que el segmento carece de claridad, que los textos prueba no cumplen con su objetivo y que la reacción de una persona a la Elección Incondicional hace evidente una verdad intuitiva. Introducción La película Calvinista introduce a su audiencia al sub-grupo de

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Abstract: Naturalized Epistemology is usually seen as Quine’s attempt to move epistemology away from philosophy to science. Some ill-advised Naturalists make use of Quine’s response to Carnap to justify the “end of Philosophy” (or at least Epistemology), and to affirm the primacy of Naturalistic Scientism over other disciplines. Nevertheless, I suggest that such readings of Quine’s essay might reveal some Naturalistic aspirations, but it surely does not reveal Quine’s intenti

Resumen: En la película Calvinist ( Calvinista ) los entrevistados (aparentemente) argumentan en favor de la doctrina de la depravación total y que ello hace imposible el Libre Albedrío Libertariano (a partir de aquí LAL). En este ensayo demuestro que los entrevistados cometen una petición de principio en favor de la depravación total y en la idea de que está en contradicción con el LAL. Introducción La película Calvinista incluye una sección que está dedicada a articular y

Question: Dear Tim, William Lane Craig suggests that God “has to play with the cards he’s dealt.” Tim, do you agree with that sentiment? If so, doesn’t that imply that there’s a “dealer” dealing God the cards which He must work with? -Sean Tim's Response It amazes me how a single off-hand remark can be made and Calvinists take it out of context , and run with it as their foundational attack against Molinism! What is really sad is that many of these folks do not even try to

Summary: The two main arguments the Calvinist movie present against unlimited atonement are: 1) that unlimited atonement diminishes the effect of atonement and 2) that unlimited atonement fails to countenance the double jeopardy argument. Within this essay, I contend that these two arguments violate three basic principles within Biblical theology and the arguments are both question-begging, as we will see. Therefore, given the lack of Biblical defence on the side of the Calvi

Summary: In the segment of the Calvinist movie covering Unconditional Election, several interviewees describe the concept, provide proof texts, and recount their initial reactions to it. I conclude that the segment lacks nuance, that the proof texts fall short of their target, and that one man’s initial reaction to Unconditional Election evinces an intuitive truth. Introduction The movie Calvinist introduces its audience to the Reformation-based sub-group of Christians know

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So you want to be an apologetics writer or speaker. Or maybe you already are one. How can you become a better communicator? Here are 5 quick pointers: 1. Watch Your Language No, I don’t mean profanity. I mean your vocabulary. If you’re like me, you’re immersed in the apologetics world. You read apologetics books, you listen to apologetics podcasts, you devour all things apologetics. So you’re used to the language, the ideas, the jargon. But your audience may not be. Find

I recently had the pleasure of meeting the former atheist and French Calvinistic philosopher named, Guillaume Bignon ( Click here to read his amazing story). I attended the EPS/ETS conference in Rhode Island and was invited to lunch with a few philosophers, theologians, and apologists. I happened to sit right next to Bignon as I was sipping my warm soup on a cold Northeastern day. One professor sitting on the other side of the table encouraged me to continue my work at Free