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Torching of the Text?
Torching of the Text? A dubious argument in favor of the received text commented upon, with several objections thereto readily discarded. Mr. Kurschner recently wrote a follow-up article (link is here) to an early article he had written (my response to that article is linked here) against the King James Version Only crowd. This presnt…
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Comments by a Romanist, "Fred," Responded to
Response to Fred’s Comments Fred, who holds himself out as though he were a Roman Catholic, has posted comments on an earlier post. Since they have relatively little to do with the main point of that post (that Prof. Beckwith’s religious views were revealed by Dr. White), and since Fred has chosen to present rather…
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Comments by a Romanist, "Fred," Responded to
Response to Fred’s Comments Fred, who holds himself out as though he were a Roman Catholic, has posted comments on an earlier post. Since they have relatively little to do with the main point of that post (that Prof. Beckwith’s religious views were revealed by Dr. White), and since Fred has chosen to present rather…
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Authorized Version – Why not?
Authorized Version – Why not? This post is a challenge and a commentary. Why not use the Authorized Version of the Bible, i.e. the King James Version? Is the Language too hard?The usual response that the language is too difficult is bogus. Thousands of children read and understand KJV Bibles, and virtually all Christian children…
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Sovereignty as applied to Land
Sovereignty as applied to Land On another blog where I sometimes comment, one of the authors posted an entry regarding immigration that I found interesting. The conclusion of the article was: A law regarding illegal immigration has to be something that applies to us—what we can do, should not do, or ought to do. It…
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A Quick Look at a Simple Definition of LFW
(This post may get deleted, in order to harmonize the discussion on free will.) Godismyjudge has provided a new simple definition of LFW: An agent has free will if and only if the agent is able to do otherwise than what he will do. This definition is not harmonious. Let’s break it down. 1) An…
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Murder Update – Progress with Caveat in Oklahoma
Apparently, in Oklahoma, now public money cannot be used to fund the murder of unborn children, although they can be executed for the sins of their fathers. Here’s the link. Specifically, unborn children can be executed if their fathers committed rape or incest (with their mothers and they were the result of the crime). This…
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A Final (hopefully) Example to Round Things Out
A Final (hopefully) Example to Round Things Out Here’s a final example of the Presuppositional Blindness and its Impact on Epistemology, for the gentle reader (from the same thread of comments: The commenter writes: Yes, I misquoted. Nothing rides on this, though. Besides, Silverstein gives the impression that he was involved in the decision. “Maybe…
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Epistemelogical Impacts of Presuppositions
Epistemelogical Impacts of Presuppositions In the previous post (link here), I explored how people can be blind to their own presuppositions and blinded by their presuppositions. Nevertheless, there is an additional effect that presuppositions can have. This effect is illustrated by some recent comments I received in the course of the same dialogue I mention…
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Presuppositional Blindness
Presuppositional Blindness I was recently interacting with a person who stated: “I do not know what the real story of 9-11 is, but I am confident that the official story is bogus. I would be happy to debate the issue, but I am confident that nobody will take up my offer since it would only…