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Category: Chris Date

  • Pressing Chris Date’s Retreat

    Over at “Rethinking Hell,” Mr. Chris Date has retreated a few steps in his discussion of the meaning of the term “punishment.” Recall that the argument that “punishment” in this case was a “result” noun was one of Mr. Date’s first supposedly “positive” arguments for his position. Now, Mr. Date tries to argue for ambiguity.…

  • Supplement Response to Chris Date on Result Nouns

    This post is heavily reliant (to the point that it would be plagiarism if I did not give full credit) on Adam Blauser’s comment in the previous post.  First, he provided an article that states: Deverbal nouns that allow a result interpretation often allow an event interpretation too. In order to separate the different meanings…

  • Punishment is a Deverbal Manner Verb – Response to Chris Date

    In his constructive speech (in a recent debate with Joshua Whipps), Mr. Date alleged that noun “punishment” is a “deverbal result noun.” He stated: Linguists call this a deverbal result noun: a noun referring to the results of its corresponding verb. He cites no authority for this contention. The noun “punishment” is a deverbal noun,…

  • Annihilationism / "Conditionalism" Debate

    I recently debated the topic of Annihilationism in the specific form of “Conditionalism.”  The debate can found in two sections (link to first part)(link to second part). Thanks very much to Chris Date (the moderator) as well as to Ronnie (my opponent) for this debate. To God be the Glory!

  • Trinitarian Universalism Debate

    I recently engaged in a debate with Jason Pratt who heavily emphasized that he is a Trinitarian, and who considers himself an “Evangelical Universalist.”  I argued from five passages that judgment is coming, that it will be eternal, and that some people will experience it.  Chris Date moderated the debate and has hosted the debate…