Category: ChrisBolt
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Providence, Preservation, and the Problem of Induction
…God’s providence provides a basis for science: God has made and continues to sustain a universe that acts in predictable ways. If a scientific experiment gives a certain result today, then we can have confidence that (if all the factors are the same) it will give the same result tomorrow and a hundred years from tomorrow. The doctrine of providence also provides a foundation for technology: I can be confident that gasoline will make my car run today just as it did yesterday, not simply because “it has always worked that way,” but because God’s providence sustains a universe in
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Praxis Presup: Episode 18 – Brian Knapp and Matt Oxley
Informal debate between our own Brian Knapp and Matt Oxley, of Ragingrev.com; hosted, of course, by Chris Bolt.…
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Atheist Triumphalism
In this clip, a Christian apologist named Arthur runs into a fundamentalist atheist on his way to engage with others in sober rational discourse. Arthur politely asks the atheist to join him, but the atheist will have none of it. Instead, the atheist makes sure that all of the attention is given to him, makes some ridiculous demands of the apologist, and proceeds to argue with him. After making the first devastating point, the apologist asks the atheist to step aside, but the atheist denies any harm has befallen him. The apologist is forced to show the atheist what he …
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Ask A Former Atheist
http://www.worldoncampus.com/article/religion/2011/10/ask_a_former_atheist
…If someone had asked him last fall if he believed in God, he would have said definitely not. But now, Suplita says he is unsure whether he ever really believed that in his heart. He could give a whole list of reasons why he thought it was ridiculous to believe in God, but he now wonders whether he really believed what he was saying.
“It was more like I was trying to convince myself,” he said.
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Brian Knapp of Choosing Hats to appear with atheist Matt Oxley on Praxis Presup this weekend for informal debate
Brian Knapp, Founder and Administrator of Choosing Hats and atheist Matt Oxley of RagingRev.com plan to participate in an informal debate consisting of interview, cross-examination, and discussion hosted and moderated by Chris Bolt of the Praxis Presup podcast this weekend. The event will not be live streamed, however the recording of it will be made available on the next episode of Praxis Presup right here on Choosing Hats around the beginning of next week, Lord willing. You won’t want to miss it!…
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The Reformed Religion of Revelation and the Wiccan Religion of Choice: Part III
Potential Objections
It appears as though Wicca is by nature incapable of answering the difficult questions asked of it in the most recent post in this series. It might be suggested that some mistakes have been made with regard to something that has been said concerning either Wicca or the questions asked of it. Someone might suggest that mistakes or misunderstandings of Wicca or its implications have come about. For example, it could be that the main source used for this series, Essential Wicca, is unreliable. It might also be that this book alone is simply not …
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The Reformed Religion of Revelation and the Wiccan Religion of Choice: Part II
Five Solas
Protestant Christians believe in five Solas. They include Scripture alone which teaches salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, for the glory of God alone. These principles stem from the Word of God as properly understood by God’s people throughout the centuries. The Church holds up the whole of Scripture as the infallible, inerrant, authoritative, and sufficient Word of God. This objective revelation is to inform the thoughts and behavior of every person who is created in the image of God (namely, everyone). The revelation of God to …
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The Reformed Religion of Revelation and the Wiccan Religion of Choice: Part I
October 31 is an important day for two religions in particular. Protestant Christians recognize that October 31, 1517 is generally taken to mark the beginning of the Protestant Reformation while Wiccans celebrate Samhain.
Wiccan Religion
Wicca is a Pagan religion. Pagan religions are not Judeo-Christian in origin (6). While there are no non-Pagan varieties of Wicca, there are non-Wiccan varieties of Paganism. This article will focus primarily upon Wicca, but many of the same observations can be made concerning Paganism as well.
Paul Tutéan and Estelle Daniels are the authors of Essential Wicca. Daniels, who is an …
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Leaving Choosing Hats
The other blog contributors and I have been talking for some time about me taking a temporary break from the site. Under normal circumstances I am able to produce the amount of material that I do here without it cutting into my time for offline activities. However, circumstances have changed.
Recently I have been experiencing some numbness and pain in my chest. After visiting the doctor about the problem this morning and discovering some abnormalities I have decided that now is an ideal time for the aforementioned break. Unfortunately this means that a few items I wanted to address prior …
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Cornelius Van Til, Westboro Baptist Church, and Steve Jobs
I am no Cornelius Van Til, but if Van Til can get away with saying that an atheist is like the little girl he saw slapping her father while sitting on his lap, then I might be able to get away with saying that a non-Christian is like “Westboro Baptist Church” tweeting their characteristic nastiness about Steve Jobs while using an iPhone.
The iPhone would be like the tools of reasoning, logic, and science. Apple users may get the other part of the analogy too quickly.
But I wrote this on a Dell.
See Al Mohler’s post on …