This morning, somebody commented on my 2016 article “On Scientific (and Philosophical and Theological) Ignorance.” “Just some guy” opined: “Your philosophy counter-‘argument’ is flawed because philosophy doesn’t mean anything if it can’t be demonstrated in reality.” (source) Alas, “Just some guy” seems not to be aware that the statement “philosophy doesn’t mean anything if it […]
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11. The 59-Second Apologist: Is the incarnation a contradiction?
John 1:14 declares that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” But how can it be that the eternal, infinite divine Word became a temporal, finite human being? In this episode of the 59-Second Apologist we seek to bring some illumination to this perennial theological question. For further discussion of the account provided here, see chapter four of […]
What we can learn from “Loftus Logic” (or why John Loftus isn’t the Fonz)
The last thing I want to do is get pulled back into an unedifying back-and-forth exchange with John Loftus. However, I can’t help but point out that he is now doubling down on his attack on my character with an exercise in Loftus logic. In his latest blog post he writes the following: “I’ve decided […]
Gödel the magic genie?
At the end of “The A-Unicornist Replies. But is scientism still in the picture?” I point out that Mike D’s claim that philosophy is dependent on science stumbles, among other things, on the fact that the nature of scientific enquiry is defined philosophically: Jones says “science is defined as p.” P is a philosophical assertion about […]
The Nebular Incarnation Thought Experiment: Truly out of this world
Multiple Incarnations A couple weeks ago I discussed, albeit somewhat briefly, the concept of multiple incarnations according to which God the Son (or another person of the Trinity) would incarnate in multiple persons rather than just Jesus of Nazareth. The idea was taken by John Hick to apply to multiple incarnations on earth, but the way […]
