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Category Archives: Divine Essentialism
God’s Essential Nature
I was asked by Peter Harrison on Richard Dawkins’ forum to explain what God is, exactly. He took issue with the fact that God is the same as His attributes. Read on… Peter: “What” is the same as “attributes”? Watch … Continue reading
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God wills it (right) because He is good — essentialism.
God’s nature, which is, granted, supernatural, is supreme over His will… check it oot… Quotes from “Intro. to Philo.” – Geisler, Feinberg… “Ethical Voluntarism – The ethical view that traces moral principles to God’s will; something is right because God … Continue reading
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Natural Empathy and Supernatural Love
Natural Empathy and Supernatural Love In this thread I’m just making sure my ideas on morality are consistent… Some verses on generally revealed morality: Luke 6:32-35; Romans 1:19; 2:14. A while back I compiled a list of potentially conflicting ideas … Continue reading
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Predestination and Free Will
This thread updates the old “determinism and free will” thread. Predestination and Free Will I start off asking a question for the purpose of introducing concepts in its answer: freedom and determinism: compatible or incompatible? Ultimately, though, the question is: … Continue reading
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The motivation to do good is God.
Some who glorify evil imply that the only motivation to do good is lost when God is not in the picture. In a way this is true, because, as Jesus said, “I am the vine and you are the branches … Continue reading
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Selflessness
You are definitely an other, otherwise you would be able to predict what I will say next, and vice versa. Even if our minds were hooked together, we would be able to recognize “self” thoughts from “other” thoughts (because, for … Continue reading
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