The Narrow Path Ministries

Hi Steve,

Will the third module also be held in Monroe,WA? I ask because I live near Monroe.

Psimmond, I agree that PAP is rather contentious, but I think that effective replies have been given to Frankfurt-style counterexamples in which it seems to be the case that the various "controllers" are dependent upon "prior signs" in a deterministic context, which makes the relevant agents to be u...

CThomas, Nomological necessity is very much determinism. That is why Netwonian mechanics are spoken of as "deterministic." I think that the following excerpt from your response demonstrates some confusion over the nature of determinism, which you take to be equivalent to broadly logical necessity: T...

CThomas, Thanks for clarifying your view of what counts as a divine decree. I could choose to address each part of your response, but I would like to stick to your understanding of determinism for the moment. If you think this might be unfair, I'd be happy to respond to any of your other points as w...

If scientists found an angel or a demon I guess they could tell you the biological properties of such, but they could not tell you ‘why’ the angel exists. The Bible can make ‘observations’, such as man was made from the dust (correct), the world hangs on nothing (correct), the sea is never full, et...

CThomas, Thanks for responding. I think that your comments will help us to move forward in the discussion. There are two basic replies that I want to give. The first is that I believe your notion of "decree" to be inadequate for your purposes, though I am glad that you clarified what you mean by the...

I have understood science to a process of observation of physical and material stuff in the universe and the things they do and then developing systems and laws which define and predict based on these observations. It seems to me that since science deals with material,natural and observable things ...

Psimmond, I agree with the conclusion of that second quotation. The way that I would cache out this particular problem of compatibilism is by saying that moral responsibility is transitive. Here is what I mean by transitivity: Imagine that you have a series of causes A, B, and C, where causation hap...

In response to the recent interest generated by the subject of the nature of science on Steve's show, I wanted to start a thread on that topic. In what follows I am going to discuss both the nature of science and the nature of the supernatural. First, I want to say that there are many issues to sort...

Thrombomodulin, You are correct that I am a libertarian about free will. The example of the person at gunpoint is only intended to illustrate the fact that there is a sense of "the ability to do otherwise" which must be present in order for an agent to be morally responsible for his actions. In this...