tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post3376851152712194706..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Plantinga on TULIPVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-62241511318914735682009-03-16T16:01:00.000-07:002009-03-16T16:01:00.000-07:00I think "pervasive" describes the effect of sin be...I think "pervasive" describes the effect of sin better than "total." The latter leads to precisely the problem Plantinga gives; C. S. Lewis apparently understood it that way, and rejected Calvinism as a result. But "pervasive" doesn't make a nice acronym. Maybe if we change some of the others, we can make it spell POLYP.Jim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15538540873375357030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-15965313262958367172009-03-14T15:31:00.000-07:002009-03-14T15:31:00.000-07:00hey Norma grrl, perezoso called you a punk. Looks ...hey Norma grrl, perezoso called you a punk. Looks like that was the correct assessment, puto.<BR/><BR/><BR/>You have no arguments, Victor. Just spamming in bad theological chestnutsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-51841193854232665762009-03-14T13:50:00.000-07:002009-03-14T13:50:00.000-07:00FLUSH!FLUSH!normajeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612628618334389249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-72059765227282897612009-03-14T11:56:00.000-07:002009-03-14T11:56:00.000-07:00Perezoso: You're banned. This site gets good athei...Perezoso: You're banned. This site gets good atheist representation. We don't need you.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-2737604768513682702009-03-14T11:39:00.000-07:002009-03-14T11:39:00.000-07:00Put yr blog online, or email , punk. set it up, N...Put yr blog online, or email , punk. set it up, Norma.<BR/><BR/>Yr the mockery of Kant--and empiricism-- like all sunday school little punks<BR/><BR/>capiche, punk puto?Perezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-15586887676655097722009-03-14T11:34:00.000-07:002009-03-14T11:34:00.000-07:00It sounds like you have Billy Sunday up your anus....It sounds like you have Billy Sunday up your anus. You make some queer cracks, be prepared to rumble: not everyone who objects to Xtianity Inc is with the same sex people.<BR/><BR/>Capiche, punk?<BR/><BR/>Ill knock yr ass out, like legal and proper. Marquess of Queensbury, in a ring.<BR/><BR/>You don't know jack about post-bellum south, or American history. All biblethumpers, or masons, and klansmen--nearly all protestants as well (baptick, prezbo, metho-dist, etc). Jeff. Davis, biblethumper extraordinaire himself thought the "papists" and freethinkers were as blame as northerners.Perezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-85192221560569707462009-03-14T11:30:00.000-07:002009-03-14T11:30:00.000-07:00Perry, AND MOREOVER (I'm joking but serious), you ...Perry, AND MOREOVER (I'm joking but serious), you don’t seem so reflective really or at all self critical. You probably don’t know too much philosophy. My bet is that you’re one of those folks we giggle about in phil class—the girl who knows enough philosophy to be dangerous. Am I right?normajeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612628618334389249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-577926930073456632009-03-14T11:23:00.000-07:002009-03-14T11:23:00.000-07:00Perezoso, you seem to have an arthropod up your an...Perezoso, you seem to have an arthropod up your anus about Calvin. Fine. But not everyone here is a Calvinist. Do you really think all Christian thought "defaults" to that of the Genevan reformer? As I said on another thread, as an Eastern Orthodox I have no truck with Calvinism whatsoever, yet you continue to throw the "C" word around like everyone here was Dutch Reformed or something.<BR/><BR/>You strike me as a person who's read a lot of philosophy and history, but are woefully deficient in your knowledge of Christian thought and the history of theology.<BR/><BR/>In any case, anyone who'd compare Aquinas with Billy Sunday is either completely clueless or a loudmouthed boor (or both).<BR/><BR/>Likewise this masterstroke of idiocy: "That didn't change until like after the civil war (due to wingnut dixie protestants, mostly)." A simple read of one book, Mark Noll's "The Civil War As a Theological Crisis," ought to disavow you of this ludicrous notion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-66926638218723243212009-03-14T11:05:00.000-07:002009-03-14T11:05:00.000-07:00For reflection, what do you suppose your latest co...For reflection, what do you suppose your latest comment accomplished? Are you new to life?normajeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612628618334389249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-56678824253127562042009-03-14T10:47:00.000-07:002009-03-14T10:47:00.000-07:00Ah had any of the biblethumpers read something abo...Ah had any of the biblethumpers read something about the history of europe (catholic, and evangelical), not to say early America you might think otherwise.<BR/><BR/>No thugs. Jefferson's no thug. Jefferson, quite well read in British empiricists, simply perceived the madness of Calvinist predestination, not to say the bogus puritanical aspects, ala original sin/depravity. The Founding fathers (yes, not quite as precious as Acquinas, or yr Rev. Billy Sunday) were nearly all opposed to calvinism, and evangelical wingnuts. That didn't change until like after the civil war (due to wingnut dixie protestants, mostly).Perezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-67733349148442206842009-03-14T10:46:00.000-07:002009-03-14T10:46:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Perezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-29780545168906889092009-03-14T10:17:00.000-07:002009-03-14T10:17:00.000-07:00Perezoso, you're behaving like an upset howling th...Perezoso, you're behaving like an upset howling thug. Who'd want to deal with you?normajeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612628618334389249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-44450256794387030752009-03-14T07:35:00.000-07:002009-03-14T07:35:00.000-07:00Typical spineless response/evasion. Then even Ar...Typical spineless response/evasion. Then even Aristotle above the usual sunday schooler. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Also amusing how defensive the SSer's of DI get when someone dares question their faith in Jeezuss.Perezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-86196336840140987902009-03-14T01:00:00.000-07:002009-03-14T01:00:00.000-07:00Perezoso,I'd try to meet your challenge but since ...Perezoso,<BR/><BR/>I'd try to meet your challenge but since you used, "Aristotle", "Descartes", and "Quine" in the realm of two short sentences, I think I may be outmatched here. I was, however, disappointed that you did not include Frege and Russell among your name-dropping!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-5319993396164594892009-03-14T00:49:00.000-07:002009-03-14T00:49:00.000-07:00Victor,A fool need not be stupid if he is a fool f...Victor,<BR/><BR/>A fool need not be stupid if he is a fool for Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-59475588138962313392009-03-14T00:47:00.000-07:002009-03-14T00:47:00.000-07:00This article is taken from a book entitled, Philos...This article is taken from a book entitled, <I>Philosophers Who Believe</I> which I highly recommend; it's a good read while the house is quite and you have time to reflect on the personal testimonies of some great Christian philosophers (Alvin Plantinga among them).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-83404023254800792672009-03-13T21:26:00.000-07:002009-03-13T21:26:00.000-07:00A fool need not be stupid.A fool need not be stupid.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-11688611329944001032009-03-13T19:19:00.000-07:002009-03-13T19:19:00.000-07:00Let's compare our GRE scores, Doc. You did take th...Let's compare our GRE scores, Doc. You did take them, right? Or GPAs.<BR/><BR/>Respond to the question: I defy one theist on DI to provide a necessarily true theological premise (not the little syllogisms).Perezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-19852665413162044812009-03-13T19:04:00.000-07:002009-03-13T19:04:00.000-07:00Perry: You are the best argument for Proverbs 14:1...Perry: You are the best argument for Proverbs 14:1 that I have seen in a long time.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-92197723575170176462009-03-13T18:51:00.000-07:002009-03-13T18:51:00.000-07:00In one (argument of reductio ad absurdum) you actu...<I>In one (argument of reductio ad absurdum) you actually engage the position to show its problems</I><BR/><BR/>No kidding. Let's see a theological argument, ONE theological argument, with true premises, ie confirmed (synthetic, or empirical if ya prefer), or axiomatic (tautology of some sort/mathematical). For that matter, hate to break the news to you, but Aristotle was sort of passe by like 1900, if not by Descartes (and I doubt you know modus ponens from su mamacita). Plantinga did not invent logic (and modal logic itself still a matter of debate. Quine does not allow it).<BR/><BR/>Tu eres el tonto<BR/><BR/>Arguments are only as good as their premises; the forms fairly trivial. That applies even to the POE chestnut.Perezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-17277753726354743922009-03-13T15:26:00.000-07:002009-03-13T15:26:00.000-07:00Ezra Pound saw the Reformer in a rather cheap sect...Ezra Pound saw the Reformer in a rather cheap section of the Malebolge, next to like some decaying British bankers and aristocrats, etc.Perezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-11913298202277527482009-03-13T14:22:00.000-07:002009-03-13T14:22:00.000-07:00The book of Proverbs has as one of its main themes...The book of Proverbs has as one of its main themes how a young man should conduct himself wisely. Part of the instruction is the sad but real fact that there are certain people which are designated as “fools”. Various things are said about them, so that you can be aware of them and their ways, but one verse which comes to mind here and which I have seen to be true (including in the context of on-line discussions) is Proverbs 29:9 (“When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.”).<BR/> <BR/>Now what this means is that what you can **expect** from a fool is not reasoned argument and civil behavior. No, the fool is not going to respond in that way. What you can (and should) expect is that the fool will react to what is said with either anger (“rages”) or ridicule (“laughs”)not reasoned argument or civil behavior.<BR/> <BR/>Ironically, some of these “fools” are quite knowledgeable about formal principles of logic (including the fallacy of ad hominem = mock or ridicule the man instead of rationally dealing with his argument, and believe that that will somehow make their argument false or go away). This logical fallacy is to be distinguished from taking a position to its logically absurd conclusion to show the falsity of the position. In one (argument of reductio ad absurdum) you actually engage the position to show its problems, in the other (the fallacy of ad hominem) you simply ridicule and mock the other person, as if **that** refutes their words. If someone automatically responds with ridicule rather than a reasoned argument, then their actions suggest that Proverbs 29:9 applies to them.<BR/> <BR/>RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-65890545102410841532009-03-13T12:38:00.000-07:002009-03-13T12:38:00.000-07:00LOLLOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-19388959750131264332009-03-13T12:33:00.000-07:002009-03-13T12:33:00.000-07:00“If that's all it means, then yes, although I'd qu...“If that's all it means, then yes, although I'd qualify that by rejecting any conception of it that required a monergistic, rather than a synergistic understanding of salvation.”<BR/><BR/>So we agree, we hold to what I take to be the biblical conception of depravity. We also agree that a synergistic understanding of salvation is the right way to go. <BR/><BR/>“Thing is, if you don't hold to the "stricter" version of T, don't U, L, I, and P cease to be necessary?”<BR/><BR/>Interesting that you should say that. <BR/><BR/>Some years ago I was talking to a prominent calvinist/necessitarian who is a co-host of a weekly radio broadcast. I made the same point that you make here, his response: Yes, the key to establishing calvinism (in his mind TULIP since in his mind calvinism and TULIP are synonymous) is to prove total depravity. Once you prove **that** then everything else follows necessarily” (note - the guy who said this is a former college debating champion, so he knows a bit about arguing!). Now consider, if he is correct, then logically speaking isn’t the converse also true: refute this conception of depravity, and doesn’t the whole house of cards come tumbling down? :-)<BR/><BR/>If you want to attack the necessitarian system that holds to TULIP, a good strategy is to go after their conception of “T” (show that the bible does present that all have sinned and that all are effected by sin and that the work of the Spirit is necessary to overcome these effects of sin, that one can be biblical without holding to their conception of “T” that in fact their conception of “T” is not biblical). Topple **that** and the whole thing shows itself to be the house of cards that it is, as it falls.<BR/><BR/>RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-91171138831363577822009-03-13T11:28:00.000-07:002009-03-13T11:28:00.000-07:00Yes, Robert, I believe you said things well.Yes, Robert, I believe you said things well.normajeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612628618334389249noreply@blogger.com