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¿Harley Quinn realmente ama al Joker? Como muchos de ustedes saben, me encantan los comics y aunque ya no los compro más (al menos regularmente), sigo tratando de mantenerme al día con muchas de las líneas de historia y visito la mayoría de las películas en las que mis héroes favoritos de la infancia son retratados. Siempre he amado a Batman. Una cosa es cierta: Batman no sería casi tan genial si no fuera por los criminales locos que él lucha para mantener a ciudad Gótica a

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¿Qué es el "libre albedrío compatibilista"? Hace años, cuando escuché por primera vez esta doctrina, me sorprendió. Intuitivamente, pensé que no tenía sentido. ¿Cómo puede Dios determinar (forzar) a alguien a hacer algo libremente? Poco sabía que es una de las doctrinas más discutidas en la filosofía y teología moderna. A grandes rasgos, el compatibilismo es el punto de vista de que no existe un conflicto real entre el determinismo y el libre albedrío. Tim Stratton y yo hemo

It's the final episode on the FAAN! Don't worry, if you haven't listened to the first two episodes on the argument, we recap a bit of what we talked about. But seriously, you need to listen to those episodes (come on, they're called parts 1 & 2 for a reason!). We've reached the conclusions of the argument that have some very interesting consequences. This argument deductively proves that humans possess libertarian free will. We truly are free to choose ! Not only do most ath

It is often purported that America was not founded on "religion" and that there is a "separation of church and state." Thus, any discussion about God in public schools (for example) will swiftly be dealt with by the ACLU. But, since the ACLU stands for the *American* civil liberties union, it is pertinent to consider the specific beliefs in which America was founded. The exact words of “separation of church and state” are not found in any of America’s founding documents. The

Summary: In the movie Calvinist  the interviewees (ostensibly) argue in favor of the doctrine of perseverance of the saints (hereafter, PS). Since the interviewees are compatibilists, I presuppose that they intend to argue in favor of a model of PS according to which Christians persevere through the means of determinism (hereafter I shall refer to this determinist model of PS as PS*). In this essay I offer undercutting defeaters to PS* demonstrating that the interviewees beg

Summary: In the movie “Calvinist” several interlocutors take the position of irresistible grace , which they take to mean that regeneration logically precedes faith in the process of salvation. In this article, I demonstrate that they commit several logical fallacies in their argumentation. I show that the text used to support irresistible grace does not fulfill the necessary conditions for irresistible grace. Moreover, I argue that the Calvinists misrepresent the Arminian po

It's the next episode on the FAAN! I try and push back on premises 3 and 4 of the argument, of which 3 is by far the one most taken issue with. In order to defend any good argument, you need to be prepared to answer objections of all sorts. Never be surprised by the same objection twice! As you follow along in this series on the Freethinking Argument, we always encourage you to be reading the articles Tim has written on the subject. We can't talk about everything we want to

is the latest book by Steven Kozak , Executive Director of Awana Youth Ministries and a fellow alum of the Christian Apologetics program at Biola University. He oversaw the creation of the fantastic Advocates apologetics curriculum and the forthcoming evangelism-focused Witnesses . Steve obviously has a passion for apologetics and bringing truth to the next generation, all of which has culminated in this book. addresses the full spectrum of Christian apologetics: why apolo

Summary: Although the apologist James White has argued against Molinism by accusing it of denigrating the sovereignty of God, failing to countenance the card-dealer objection, and being unbiblical, this essay will demonstrate that White’s arguments seem to be poorly elaborated and are invalid. Moreover, White fails to provide any meaningful alternative that makes sense of all of the Biblical data in comparison to Molinism. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esNDmGT3Ew0

Before I devoted my life to the ministry of defense (apologetics), I spent most of my time studying self-defense and martial arts. When I was twelve years old (back in the mid 80s) I started studying Tae Kwon Do. In my college years I earned a black belt in Karate, and after that I studied Jiu-jitsu. I eventually incorporated all of them together (and more) and competed (and coached many others) in Mixed Martial Arts for several years. Surprisingly, studying martial arts ove

Middle knowledge is a concept that describes how God sovereignly operates in time with free agents. These days, many individuals attempt to claim what innovative theologians say about the theological concepts they espouse with little interaction with the actual theologian. I think it is imperative that individuals engage with primary sources as much as it is possible. As a Ph.D. student, I am finding the importance of this practice as essential. So, what does Luis de Molina,

Atheists love to label themselves as freethinkers, but as Tim Stratton argues, this is actually an oxymoron! In this episode, Tim and I discuss the Freethinking Argument Against Naturalism (affectionately abbreviated as FAAN). This argument was Tim's first ever argument he crafted on his own, so it was interesting to get the backstory of how he came up with it. Tim gives an overview and defense of the entire argument, which is quite a lot to undertake in one episode, which i

A lo largo de este tiempo hemos intentado presentar ante el mundo de habla hispana la idea del Molinismo y el Conocimiento Medio como una alternativa a las posturas clásicas como el Arminianismo y el Calvinismo dentro del Cristianismo. Sin embargo, varias veces nos hemos encontrado con objeciones y hemos intentado responder a ellas intentando clarificar las perspectivas que los objetores atacan ya que no representan correctamente lo que es el Molinismo. Tal es el caso nuevam

Los molinistas al dar su caso sobre el Molinismo muchas veces son criticados por su falta de apoyo bíblico en sus afirmaciones, principalmente a la hora de afirmar la libertad humana en un sentido libertario o libertariano. En este blog mi tarea es probar el Conocimiento Medio de Dios a través de los Contrafácticos de la Libertad Criatural (CLC), el cual estos están fundamentados bíblicamente y a la vez, pruebo la existencia de libertad humana libertariana; ya que Dios necesa

One of the most well-known New Testament scholars to graduate from Moody Bible Institute is Bart Ehrman. He has a powerful influence over many young minds today as he is a professor at the University of North Carolina and has written many best sellers about Jesus. What is surprising, however, is that Ehrman is not a Christian! In fact, he has made claims suggesting that he is a happy agnostic who leans toward atheism. Although I think Ehrman is wrong to "lean toward atheism,

Equipping the Church to Engage the Culture FreeThinking Ministries  (FTM) has enjoyed another fantastic year of ministry! This online organization is equipping people around the world to know exactly  what  they should believe (theology) and exactly  why  they should believe it (apologetics). This mission is important because when one fully grasps both the  what  and the  why , radical life change occurs and evangelism just happens! Jeremiah 20:9 comes to mind: But if I say,

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Freethinking Podcast! In this introductory episode, Tim Stratton and myself, Scott Olson, have a conversation about Freethinking Ministries, the Christian apologetics & theology ministry started by Stratton himself. If you're listening to this podcast, you likely have taken 1 Peter 3:15, which says "but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that

Question: Dear Tim, I just finished reading your "Dangerous Grounds" article and I could use a little clarification. Can you please further explain why it is that if God does not possess knowledge of creaturely freedom logically prior to his creative decree, then the only two options we are left with are open theism or "exhaustive divine determinism"? You have helped me see that it is self-refuting to affirm divine determinism and I believe we have libertarian freedom, but

Querido Tim, William Lane Craig sugiere que Dios “debe jugar con las cartas que se le han repartido.” Tim, ¿Estás de acuerdo con ese sentimiento? Si lo estas, ¿acaso eso no implica que hay un “repartidor” que le repartió a Dios las cartas con las que debe trabajar? -Sean Me sorprende tanto como puede hacerse un único comentario descuidado y los Calvinistas lo toman fuera de contexto , y ¡avanzan con este como su ataque fundamental contra el Molinismo! Lo que es muy triste