Pyatcast

Category: Triablogue

  • Calvinism is Wrong Because Love Must Be Free?

    I’ve heard an objection to Calvinism along the lines of the title of this post many times.  The argument is that “irresistible grace” is at odds with the nature of God, since God wants us to love Him freely.  Paul Manata has a succinct answer to that kind of argument. I would like to build…

  • Free Will, Advance Knowledge, and God

    At Triablogue, Paul has posted an item on free will and God’s advance knowledge including an answer to the popular non-Calvinist argument: “Just because God knows in advance that X will happen doesn’t mean God causes or controls that X to happen.” (my paraphrase) As Paul points out, that argument misses the point. While I…

  • An Odds Rebuttal

    Not an odd rebuttal – a clever rebuttal – but one that deals with the question of odds (link to rebuttal). The explanation is important: it shows the silliness of simply assuming that a large number of alternatives (for example, the large number of alternatives to the the truth that the God of Abraham, Isaac,…

  • Steve Hays on Liberty’s Schedule of Discipline

    He’s joking, of course, but I think his points will strike a chord with lots of people who are bewildered by the mildness of Liberty’s decision regarding Ergun Caner (link to Hays’ post). To God be the Glory!

  • Resources: Triablogue

    Triablogue has a wealth of information thanks to its high quality contributers (link to Triablogue). Back in 2007 they kindly featured one of my posts on Molinism (link to the post). Molinism, Arminianism, Romanism, Atheism, and many other -isms are addressed by the erudite blogging team. To God be the Glory!

  • Another Consequence of Forbidding Marriage to Clergy

    We have previously noted that one consequence of forbidding marriage to clergy is that one gets a higher ratio of homosexual clergyman (link to brief discussion). Another consequence is that priests do to nuns the kinds of things that Maria Monk reported (link to Vatican’s acknowledgment that this happens). The report makes Steve Hays’ satire…

  • Steve Hays Responds to Francis Beckwith

    I enjoyed this article (link) from Steve Hays on Francis Beckwith and his (Francis’) peeve about the label “Roman Catholic.” To God be the Glory!

  • Hays on the Atonement

    Steve Hays at Triablogue has a succinct response to a commonly heard Wesleyan argument against limited atonement (link). To God be the Glory!

  • Problems with Paradoxes

    Over at the Triablogue, in the comments box, Mr. Anderson wrote: Unless I’ve badly misunderstood it, which is entirely possible, your argument is designed to show that the claim that there can be irresolvable paradoxes is itself a paradox. Your premise (i) states your opponents’ position, for the second of argument. Your (ii) then apparently…

  • Common Man Argument for Libertarian Free Will (rebutted)

    Paul Manata has an interesting, if somewhat philosophical, post that seems to sum up most of the major arguments responsive to the “Common Man” Libertarian Free Will (LFW) argument (link). It’s a good article, and I encourage folks who think that there is some merit to the “common man” argument for LFW to read it…