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Compatibilism / Determinism
In response to my post: When someone doesn’t get you (or more specifically doesn’t understand compatibilism), Valentine’s Day Edition: @aspin3 going by “All for His Glory” responded: Francis, as a compatiblist, what is ONE. Just ONE thing that a full theistic determinist would believe God decreed/determined that you would not agree with? Just one. What…
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What about tests in Scripture?
My friend, Dan, has a post that has remained unrebutted for the past 12 years (link), as far as I know. Before we come to the arguments he makes, let’s look at the Scriptural discussion of trying, testing, and temptation (in the older sense of the word). 1. Nāsâ (נָסָה) (pronounced naw-saw’) Strong’s H5254 Variously translated…
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Frankfurt Examples and Christian Incompatibilism
I find the Frankfurt examples (and other examples in the same style) to be a useful way of illustrating that the Principle of Alternative Possibilities is false (see the first section of this video discussing the topic for an introduction and the remainder for a more detailed discussion). In the following I’ve tried to provide…
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An Additional Evidence Regarding the "Dictionary Definition" and Compatibilism
During my recent debate on Compatible Free Will as opposed to Libertarian Free Will, which was supposed to be about whether the Bible teaches Libertarian Free Will and ended up being about whether the word “choose” requires Libertarian Free Will, I omitted to provide an illustration that I think would be helpful. My esteemed disputant…
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Trying out Godismyjudge's Clarification
Godismyjudge (Dan) has provided some clarification (link) to an earlier question to which I had responded here (link). Earlier posts in the series (first)(second). Dan had asked: “Given whatever existed before the first act, was it absolutely impossible for God to create a world which didn’t include rain on May 31, 2008[,] in the afternoon?”…