Archive for January, 2005
Empiricism
Friday, January 28th, 20059:16 am
Today, because I feel like it, I’ve decided to defeat Empiricism (the belief that experience is the only source of knowledge).
An empiricist sees (or touches, tastes, etc.) a spoon and, trusting his experience of the spoon, believes that the spoon exists. In other words:
1. I see the spoon.
2. What I see exists.
3. Therefore, […]
The Answer to The Gabe
Monday, January 17th, 20059:16 am
The Gabe has made some interesting comments in response to my last post which was previously posted last time. It is best, therefore, that you read the last post and the comments on it before you read this one. Actually, come to think of it, it is best that you cease reading […]
Sproul’s problem of evil - Chosen By God (chapter 2 part 5)
Tuesday, January 11th, 20058:52 am
Sproul, as we have discovered earlier, was struck by a Ping-Pong ball, and was thus introduced to the problem of evil. Sproul does not really deal with the question of why God would allow evil to come into existence, his focus is on how evil could have come into existence. If […]
Windshield Wipers and God’s Will
Saturday, January 8th, 20058:48 am
I was sitting in Bruce’s van today, and thinking to myself. The reason I was sitting is because there is not much room to stand in Bruce’s van, and the reason I was thinking to myself is because I have never tried thinking to anyone else, whatever that means.
As I was sitting […]
Sproul plays Ping Pong, thought strikes during volley - Chosen by God (chapter 2 part 4)
Tuesday, January 4th, 20058:44 am
If you didn’t know, and if you did know, and whether or not you knew, we have (by “we” I mean “I”) been going through R.C. Sproul’s book on predestination, Chosen by God, and analyzing it rudely. We are now at the point where Sproul talks about “God’s Sovereignty and The Problem […]