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President Bush – Mixed Kudos
President Bush recently called the pope, “Sir,” instead of “Your Holiness,” drawing gasps from the Catholics present. Personally, I cannot imagine a legitimate reason for Bush meeting with the pope in the first place (one reason my kudos is mixed), but if he is going to do so, he is at least to be commended…
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Romanist Apologist – Sippo Lampoons Self
Unless someone has hacked his account, Sippo seems to have decided to portray himself as, well, here are the items: 1) “Another example is John Calvin’s claim that all human beings are “totally depraved”. In reality, we all have our faults, but “total depravity” overstates the condition of mankind.” Does Sippo really not have the…
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Circular Frame – Presuppositional Apologetics
Circular Frame Presuppositional Apologetics Gone Terribly Wrong According to another Internet poster, JonathanB, Frame wrote: Criticism is effective only when the critic can suggest a better way. But there is no alternative to circularity [in relation to one’s ultimate commitment]… Circularity in a system is properly justified only at one point: in an argument for…
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Response to: TJH's Gordon Clark on Science
Another blog recently provided a review of a book by Gordon Clark on science. It was not a particularly favorable review. That, of course, is not neecessarily bad. Poor writing deserves to be panned. But I think the author of the blog read into Clark’s writing, rather than reading Clark’s writing for what it is.…
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Response to: TJH’s Gordon Clark on Science
Another blog recently provided a review of a book by Gordon Clark on science. It was not a particularly favorable review. That, of course, is not neecessarily bad. Poor writing deserves to be panned. But I think the author of the blog read into Clark’s writing, rather than reading Clark’s writing for what it is.…
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Response Regarding Philsophical Language
Response Regarding Philsophical Language Godismyjudge, some time ago, had responded to my complaint that “libertarian free will” defines the issue only in philosophical terms, and not in terms of ordinary speech. In contrast, Calvinism describes free will in easily understood, ready words of plain English according to their accepted usage. Godismyjudge writes: It seems you…
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Theoretical Sufficiency?
Theoretical Sufficiency? “Enough for as many worlds of men as there are men in the world.” Some Reformed Christians hold to a view that is essentially that Christ’s blood was theoretically sufficient for all of humanity. This view lacks Biblical support. I came across this view recently in reading commentaries on 1 Peter 2:1. Compare…
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A Quick Look at the Complex Definition of LFW
A Quick Look at the Complex Definition of LFW This post may be deleted shortly. It is intended to serve as the second part of my previous “quick look” post at Godismyjudge’s definition of libertarian free will (link here to that previous post). Godismyjudge had proposed a simple and complex definition of libertarian free will.…
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A response to GNRHead
A Response and Challenge to GNRHead A internet poster named William, going by the handle GNRHead, has posted a series of videos on the internet, in which he defends Roman Catholic theology, with an emphasis on patristic issues. This is a response to his most recent video here (link here, warning, near profanity employed). I’m…
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Quick Challenge on the Atonement
Quick Challenge on the Atonement (I’m in the middle of responding to Godismyjudge’s last comment, that included a complex definition of LFW, this little challenge shouldn’t be a big diversion from that.) Here’s the challenge, if you believe that this verse: 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for…