Category: Objections and Misconceptions
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An internal critique of the Christology and Theology proper of Jehovah’s Witnesses
So, I had some interesting interactions with some JW’s over the weekend and something that was said was that they considered that Jesus was divine, but not God. Their explanation was that Jesus’ attributes mirrored those of Jehovah, with the exception of being created.
Let’s see how much of a mirror it is then with that ‘one exception’.
Let’s get a list of some of God’s attributes in front of us first and see how it holds together:
God’s immutability & self-sufficiency.
God does not change, He remains the same yesterday today and forever, and in Him there is no … -
Why God’s common grace is necessary for apologetics.
“When the case has been boldly made that the unbeliever must repent and admit to his suppressed knowledge of God if he is to have theoretical grounding for any knowledge whatsoever, then the Holy Spirit either opens his eyes at present or will do so at a coming day. In this present life God’s common grace restrains the apostate from utter intellectual self-destruction. While not positing neutral ground between the Christian and non-Christian interpretative systems, common grace nevertheless prevents the non-Christian from being consistent with his futile boast of autonomy. But in that coming day the unbeliever will cease to …
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Return of the Presuppositionalist: A counter-critique of a critique of presuppositionalism.
I was sent a link to view (a 4 part series) which ended in a critique of presuppositionalism. The full article can be found here:
Revenge of Objectivity: Preunderstanding, Presuppositions, and First Principles (Part 4)
Feel free to read the whole 4 part series.
So, lets get started:
“Naturally, the same problems with any representationalist epistemology are also embedded in the representationalism found within the presuppositional system.”
Presuppositionalism runs on a revelatory epistemology, not a representationalist epistemology.
“While the Thomist would certainly agree that God is the ultimate cause of all reality other than Himself and that the universal forms …