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Robot Theology / Puppet Theology
When one engages in Reformed Apologetics in the blogosphere (or in the Internet in general) one is bound to encounter the objection: Reformed Theology/Calvinism/Predestination/etc. “makes men into robots/puppets/etc.” These unoriginal (by now) objections have been rebutted many times. Nevertheless, this post will present a very brief rebuttal. 1) Rebuttal 1 – When the objection is…
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Word Use / Selective Quotation / Other Fun
In this recent post (link), lay Roman Catholic apologist Dave Armtrong spends a significant amount of time and space defending his action in labeling someone using a term that once meant “donkey” but has become mild vulgarity. Rather than just say that “I meant “donkey,” not the other thing,” Dave devotes a post to providing…
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William Lane Craig's Middle Knowledge
William Lane Craig’s “Middle Knowledge, Truth-Makers, and the ‘Grounding Objection’” A Reformed Critique The present author is in the process of responding to William Lane Craig’s (WLC’s) book, “The Only Wise God.” In the process, however, it seems as though it would be useful to focus on the topic of the final chapter of that…
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Lunacy – of a different sort
Godith asks: Totally unrelated to anything:Ps. 121:6 Why would God assure His people that the moon would not strike them by night? Were they irrationally afraid of the sky falling (Chicken Little Syndrome) or meteors or lunar eclipses? Just a nagging question. It could also be that they were afraid of becoming lunatics (recall that…
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On Responding to Critiques
Although it is not perfect, and although I in no way endorse either the author’s opinion (on this issue or in general) or any of the substance of his comments, the form of this response (link) was a model that could be adopted by others whom James White has validly criticized (such as D.A., J.P.,…
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A Second Debate – Monergism vs. Synergism
In the background, one Orthodox Christian is preparing to respond to the Exegesis Challenge I previously presented (link). Meanwhile, an Internet poster (Matt) from BeyondFundamentalism.com has accepted a challenge to debate Monergism vs. Synergism. Here’s a link to the debate page (link), as well as the present author’s introduction, below: The present debate is one…
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A Modern Abomination
Human/animal hybrids (link). It’s not a new idea, but it raises some interesting issues in terms of the protection of human life, and the definition of “human.” Does the substitution/insertion of a short “alien” genetic sequence render a human embryo non-human? Does the substitution/insertion of a short human genetic sequence render a non-human embryo human?…
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God Gives – Infidel Misattributes
Here’s a story (link) about a neo-pagan falsely claiming that his false gods gave him a lottery win. It would be unsurprising if the man actually believed his own press: so strong is the delusion of the corruption of man’s nature. But it is God, not the demons of Wicca that disposes the lottery, and…
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Response to Kurschner's "8 Reasons"
Brother Alan Kurschner has posted an article entitled, “8 Reasons Why It Is Fallacious for KJVO Advocates to Invoke the Majority Rule” (link) Turretinfan Responds: As a preliminary matter it is important to note that the present author is not a KJVO advocate, but rather a KJV-preferred advocate. With that caveat, the present author commends…
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Focusing on the Wrong Problem
Many people will see this clip (link) and think that the problem is man put asunder what God has joined, i.e. an unbiblical divorce – or even that the problem is that this (apparently improper) action is being done by high-profile professing Christians, thereby bringing Christ’s name into shame. Those can both be problems, but…