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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

On July 8, 1741 the famed revivalist Jonathan Edwards preached his legendary “ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ” sermon wherein he metaphorically raked his audience across the coals as he terrified them with the vision of a God whose attitude toward sin was so scornful, it was the stuff of nightmares. Here’s a brief sample: “They are now the Objects of that very same Anger & Wrath of God that is expressed in the Torments of Hell: and the Reason why they don’t go down

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Recientemente, he estado teniendo buenas conversaciones con muchos en el movimiento por los derechos de los gays. Mis amigos en la comunidad LGBTQ y sus defensores a menudo intentan argumentar que la homosexualidad y el cristianismo bíblico son perfectamente compatibles. Esta táctica no debe emplearse ya que finalmente falla por varias razones que hacen referencia solo al Nuevo Testamento. Primero, Jesús hizo muchos mandamientos, y en Mateo 19:18 Él dijo: "No cometerás adult

En un episodio de televisión de The West Wing , el presidente Josiah Bartlet (interpretado por Martin Sheen) se ve irritado por una personalidad conservadora de la radio quien defiende llamar a la homosexualidad una "abominación" al citar Levítico 18:22 – "No te acostarás con varón como los que se acuestan con mujer; es una abominación." Esto irrita al presidente liberal que luego se da cuenta de ella entre la multitud en un discurso que está dando y procede a hacerle algunas