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• Calvinistic Compatibilism: A Discussion of Divine Causation, Human Freedom and Moral Responsibility

  
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  Below is an excerpt addressing the subject of divine causation and compatibilism. This has been adapted from a series of responses I recently shared with some non-Calvinist Christians who have taken an incompatibilist position (i.e. their belief is that Gods pre-determination of everything is incompatible with human ...
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• One tweet does not a revolution make: Technological determinism, media and social change

  
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  This is my recently published piece on technological determinism and revolution – case study of the Arab Spring. Reprinted from Global Media Journal Abstract This paper discusses the problematic influence of technological determinism in popular news media coverage and analysis of the Arab Spring events of ...
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• Nominative determinism: Mr And Mrs Speed jailed for dealing amphetamines

  
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  NOMINATIVE Determinism takes us to Nottingham Crown Court to see a couple sentenced to two-and-a-half years choky for possessing amphetamines with intent to supply.  Daniel, 36, and Abigail  Speed   did not blame fate for their lot.  
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• The Arminian Magazine: Getting Acquainted with Arminius, Part 1 (by John S. Knox)

  
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  On October 30, 1608, Jacobus Arminius presented his Declaration of Sentiments to the assembly of the States of Holland and West Friesland in the Binnenhof in the Hague. Having trained in Geneva under John Calvin’s successor, Theodore Beza, and having further studied and honed his theology at the University of ...
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• The Human Donkey and the Technological Carrot

  
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  You might be reading this on your phone or tablet. Half-heartedly paying attention, watching your favorite television shows stream on Netflix. Biding your time until you Skype with your best friend in another state or country, posting status updates and tweeting random thoughts. This is the shape of modern society. ...
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• Does God Ordain Everything that Occurs? Sure He Does!

  
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  Someone has recently posted a long list of quotations from various Calvinists (and one or two hypers) in order to "prove" that Calvinists believe God ordains all events, including evil ones. He also expresses his strong disapproval of this theology. The list of quotations, found here , is actually a great resource ...
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• Does Calvinism *Really* Teach That God’s Decree Is the Cause of All Things, Including Sin?

  
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  Uh….Yeah. Calvinist Quotes on God Determining All Evil
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• John Piper: Grieving His Grief Advice

  
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  I dont for one minute doubt John Pipers sincerity. I dont doubt his motives, godly character, and desire to serve Christ and His people. I think he is to be commended for his obvious love for both God and His word. Because of these very positive aspects of his ministry and person, I am all the more disappointed, ...
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• John Piper: Grieving His Grief Advice

  
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  I dont for one minute doubt John Pipers sincerity. I dont doubt his motives, godly character, and desire to serve Christ and His people. I think he is to be commended for his obvious love for both God and His word. Because of these very positive aspects of his ministry and person, I am all the more disappointed, ...
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• Whats Next?

  
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  Future LookingOften my five-year-old son says to me, “Whats next, Dad?; what are we going to do now?” This simple phrase and the thought process behind it is infused with all kinds of meaning; it suggests, at least to me,  how we humans think. We are essentially forward looking, and want to know what the future ...
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• 3D Portrait Sculptures using DNA Samples from Strangers

  
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  Through an un-usual DNA collection method, American artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg creates portrait sculptures from the analyses of genetic material collected in public places. From cigarette butts to hair samples, she works using random traces left behind from un-suspecting strangers. In a statement by ...
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• Theodicy: Freewill, Concurrence & Moral Sufficiency

  
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  There could be no evil whatsoever apart from the capacity of something in creation to oppose God. That opposition would have to be something initiated independently of God; that is, it could not be decreed or impelled by God. Something nominally opposed to God but actually decreed by him could only have the ...
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• Theodicy: The Origin of Evil

  
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  Supposedly, Christianity has a problem explaining the existence of evil in the world given the existence of God, who is good. I dont see the problem at all, so let me do my best to explain why. Primarily, I think the bulk of the problem arises from not understanding what good and evil are. So, let me start there. ...
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• Calvinism and Divine Mind Control

  
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  Dr. Grudem explicitly admits that God is the One behind not only our desires but also our decisions. He argues that God is not directly involved in evil, however. One might remark that, in the Calvinistic sense, God doesnt want to get His hands dirty, so He employs other methods of bringing about sin and evil, in ...
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• Calvinism and Divine Mind Control

  
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  Jared C. Wilson, of the blog The Gospel Driven Church , constructed a post entitled " Conspiracy Theories and Gods Sovereignty ," quoting Sherman Smith regarding Gods relationship with His creatures (some of whom embrace conspiracy theories): "However, never has there been one successful ploy over any great length of ...
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• the vast active living intelligence system revisited

  
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  realitysandwich |   For most people, Philip K. Dick (hereafter known as PKD) is best known through films like Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, which were all based on his writings. Classic movies like The Matrix and Vanilla Sky also owe a great debt to PKDs work. What is not so well ...
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• psilocybin and natural intelligence

  
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  realitysandwich | Although the concept of natural intelligence is pretty much unknown (a humble attempt by me to put up a definition of natural intelligence on Wikipedia was summarily rejected) and although the notion that evolution is bound up with intelligence might make some people uneasy, there is undoubtedly ...
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• Compatibilism: Inconsistent and Implausible

  
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  Gods relationship with not only His universe but also the creatures whom He created in His image has been debated, fashioned, and refashioned throughout the history of the Church. From what one may gather, there remains no dogmatic, universal agreement among believers as to the degree of those relationships. The range ...
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• Compatibilism: Inconsistent and Implausible

  
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  Gods relationship with not only His universe but also the creatures whom He created in His image has been debated, fashioned, and refashioned throughout the history of the Church. From what one may gather, there remains no dogmatic, universal agreement among believers as to the degree of those relationships. The range ...
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• Compatibilism: Inconsistent and Implausible

  
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  Within the heterogeneous framework of Calvinistic thought, compatibilism appears to be the most widely-held belief. In the opinion of many Arminians, though supralapsarian Calvinism (which espouses hard determinism) is deemed the most consistent Calvinistic expression of the concept of Gods decrees, sovereignty ...
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