Category: ChrisBolt
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Canon and Roman Catholicism
RC: I’m still waiting for James White to explain which Canon of Scripture I’m allowed to use when if I take up sola scriptura.
Chris: Canon is a function of Scripture. Those things which I have written are in the canon of my works. Similarly those things which God has breathed out constitute the canon of Scripture.
RC: Chris… what I meant… am I permitted to use the Scripture comprised of 73 books, or the one comprised of only 66 books? Of course both versions are God breathed, inherent, and authoritative.
Obviously this is all hypothetical as I do not… …
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A Biblical Foundation
Thomists are always trying to add rooms onto houses with bad foundations. Some foundations are cracked. Others are too small.
As an example, think of the popular idea that people should only hold beliefs that are based upon empirical evidence. (Empirical evidence is evidence we access through the five senses.) This is a foundational idea for many unbelievers. Yet this idea is not itself based upon empirical evidence. So the idea – which we might also call a belief – is inconsistent with itself. The foundation is cracked.
Moreover, there are many aspects of science and common sense that likewise …
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“Religious Indoctrination is Child Abuse”
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It’s Circular Because It’s Consistent
I just wrote a piece arguing that presuppositionalism is not circular. For the sake of clarity, I will now argue that it is.
“Virtuous Circularity”
There is, of course, a sense in which presuppositionalism is circular. But upon hearing the term “circular” most opponents of the Christian faith, and even many of those who are counted among its friends, immediately start off into lengthy diatribes describing their disgust with Christians and methodologies that rely upon logically fallacious argumentation.
The Logic of Logic
Now the charge of logically fallacious argumentation, it seems to me, rests in some way upon logic. …
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It’s Circular Because It’s Circular
The charge that presuppositionalism is “circular” must be one of the dumbest objections I have ever heard.
No really. Think about it for just a moment.
You hear the accusation again and again that presuppositional apologetics are “circular.” The implication is that the charge of circularity in view here constitutes an objection against presuppositional apologetics. A fatal objection, even. So a logical point is being made. A fallacy is in view.
Presuppositional Apologetics Can’t Be Circular
But it should be noted right away that “presuppositional apologetics” can never be circular. Neither the label “presuppositional apologetics” nor the discipline the label …
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“Does the Triune God of Scripture Exist?” (Chris Bolt vs. Matt Oxley) Debate Audio (MP3 Format) Now Available!
Download it here or click below to stream!
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The Benchwarmer Apologist
When I was young I played basketball. I was not very good. But my team always was. We were undefeated every year I played, until my teammates finally left the league to play for the high school team. About halfway through one of our seasons we were scheduled to play another really good team. We were undefeated. So were they. Their star player was the son of a well-known college basketball coach. You would probably recognize his name, but it is not important.
My coach that year, perhaps thinking I had finally perfected the art of warming the bench, thought …
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Materialist Merry-Go-Round
Celsus: Why do you need to “account” for logic to be able to use it?
Chris: Nobody is saying you have to account for it to be able to use it. Who said that? Atheists practice that which they cannot account for in principle.
Celsus: They haven’t? I don’t think logic is any mystery to explain. It is based on the law of identity which is one of its axioms.
Chris: What is the nature of the law of identity? Is it material? Is it particular? Is it true? How do we come to know it? Is it relative to …
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“Does the Triune God of Scripture Exist?” Chris Bolt of ChoosingHats.com to Debate Matt Oxley of RagingRev.com LIVE!!!
Chris Bolt of ChoosingHats.com is scheduled to debate Matt Oxley of RagingRev.com on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 10am EST. The debate resolution takes the form of a question, “Does the Triune God of Scripture Exist?” Chris Bolt will be answering in the Affirmative, and Matt Oxley will be taking the Negative. Ben Woodring of Choosing Hats will be moderating.
The debate will be live streamed on Youtube (video format). Stay tuned for more information on the live stream. The debate will also be recorded and posted on the Choosing Hats and Raging Rev sites. Feel free to join us …
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Short Break
I will be taking a short break from Choosing Hats. Thankfully this time it has nothing to do with my health!
This is hardly worth mentioning, except that the blog may be a little more quiet than usual. Then again, I trust the other contributors to fill that silence.
So please stay tuned. In the meantime, I will be focusing on some other projects.
Grace,
Chris…