Apologetics to the Glory of God

Choosing Hats

  • William Lane Craig’s Inconsistent Objections to Presuppositional Argument

    I recently wrote that two of the most popular objections to TAG are in fact inconsistent with one another. The objections are that TAG is circular and that TAG is unstated. These two assertions are far too readily accepted as some kind of meaningful objections. Moreover, they are inconsistent with one another.

    Today curiosity got the best of me and I began to wonder if anyone in Five Views On Apologetics might have made the error of trying to use not one or the other of the objections in question, but both of them at the same time. …

  • God-Ordained Responsibility

    Paul wrote to Titus that overseers (pastors and elders) in the church are required to be especially adept at refuting those who oppose the truth of God (Titus 1:9). However this is not merely the assigned task of ordained men. All believers are commanded to engage in it as well. Addressing himself to all members of the congregation, Peter penned the following command: “sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to give an answer to anyone who asks from you a reason for the hope that is within you, yet with gentleness and respect” (1 Peter 3:15).

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  • Two Initial Objections to TAG

    Two of the most common objections to the Transcendental Argument for God from both inside and outside of Christianity appear to be inconsistent with each other.

    Consider:

    1. TAG is circular.

    2. TAG is unstated.

    Perhaps the two can be reconciled, but I believe it would take more than the typical surface level treatment of TAG to do so. One notable exception might be when a bare assertion is offered as the proof itself. However it would be odd to describe a mere assertion as “circular”.…

  • “Cruel Logic”

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  • Practical Atheism

    But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
    James 1:22 (ESV)

    Take the rest of the day to reflect on this verse including its apologetic import. You probably really need to.…

  • Alvin Plantinga Retirement Celebration

    Read a little about Alvin Plantinga and the upcoming Alvin Plantinga Retirement Celebration. Registration deadline for the event is May 14!

    There are many good and bad things about Plantinga’s work worth mentioning in the future but I thought his retirement at least worth mentioning for now.…

  • Prayer Request…

    …praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.

    Ephesians 6:18 (ESV)

    Please be in prayer for Brian Knapp, who founded and is the site administrator for Choosing Hats. On Monday he will undergo surgery. We would appreciate you just taking a brief moment now as you finish reading this to pray that things go well. Thanks!

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  • Bored With Atheism

    I have noted this before. Are there any serious Atheist philosophers left who put some effort toward defending their position?

    (HT: ZaoThanatoo)…

  • Everything Is Evidence

    So does what happened according to this news article serve to confirm or refute the truth of Christianity?

    Of course the answer is that it confirms the truth of Christianity just as any other fact does, but we do not view facts as evidence from outside of a view of the world wherein they make sense. Unbelievers will undoubtedly attempt to account for the event without having to say that it is obvious Christianity is the Truth just as they do with all other evidence. Still, this is particularly embarrassing evidence for the unbeliever to have to deal with. I …

  • Are choices arbitrary?

    Those who wish to defend libertarian free will over against a position like Calvinism often attempt to do so upon the basis of a strictly philosophical rather than exegetical basis. It is often asserted that determinism of any kind (which for the sake of argument includes Calvinism) precludes free will such that if we possess free will then indeterminism must be the case. Since there is libertarian free will indeterminism is true (and Calvinism is false).

    Note that the inconsistency between libertarian free will and determinism is assumed. The assumption may be granted as definitional. Note also that libertarian free …