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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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• Review: Mind, Brain and Free Will by Richard Swinburne

  
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  Theologians and scientists seem blissfully unaware that that the soul is alive and well in contemporary philosophy of religion. JP Moreland, Dean Zimmerman, William Hasker, Charles Taliaferro, Stuart Goetz, Robin Collins and Alvin Plantinga have all produced novel and rigorous arguments in defence of dualism – that ...
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• Will, Will Power & Higher Power

  
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  Will power , will and higher power are terms discussed in 12-Step programs of recovery. I for one did not understand the differences between the various attitudes and actions I adopted. Then I came across something similar to the following and I was able to tell the difference between them – at least in theory. I ...
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• How To Trust God (An Open View)

  
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  In the following video blog, I talk about my current challenges in life and vocation. The last few weeks have given me the opportunity to discover where God is in the face of my doubt and life’s uncertainties. And it’s prompted me to ask, “What does it mean to trust God?” Have you faced any […]
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• Doorkeeper Spirit Guides

  
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  The system of help from spirit guides, while always being improved and corrected, is an ancient one and even in our world is well-recognized, and now quite advanced. Spirit guides need to be well-trained and are required to have lived in our material world, before undergoing a great deal of training in the spirit ...
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• Carson Weitnauer: putting atheism on the defensive

  
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  Here’s an article at Reasons for God that explains a few simple questions that you can ask your atheist friends. He writes: Though it has been persistently marketed to us as a worldview that stands for reason and science, the truth is that the atheistic worldview is riddled with contradictions and outlandish ...
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• Deep history and the robot future

  
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                         I reviewed four new science books for The New York Times . They span millions of years, beginning with the birth of humanity and ending with a serious look at AI. 
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• On My Mind: The Two Towers

  
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  Tolkien, I have a bone to pick with you. Bear with me, beloved readers--there is  a point to this post. It might sound like nerdy rambling for the first paragraph or two (or five), but Ill do my best to make this worth reading. Without further ado, I present my humble criticism of the laws governing Middle-earth. ...
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• Life in a Free-Will Universe

  
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  Freedom of speech, freedom of choice, freedom of information, we love to customize and be individual and have the choice. We live in the era of infinite possibilities with everything from how we take our coffee to how we travel, the car we drive, the style of jeans, we have a choice: low fat, soy milk, double ...
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• Sin, Outrage, and Making Sense

  
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  Im not sure why so many folks act as if we need to be angry to care about something. Ive seen the attitude in folks who blame religion for the worlds woes, and in others who verbally lambast just about everyone who doesnt worship the way they do. It might be fun to rant about stuff I dont like, and folks whose ...
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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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• Poem Analysis “The Road Not Taken” Robert Frost

  
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  The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim ...
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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 Sanders On Open Theism and Virtue Ethics

  
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  Open Theist theologian John Sanders spoke at the Open Theology and the Church Conference 2013. Here is the second part of his keynote address. I found it thought provoking enjoyable. He references the Abolitionist movement among other things. Enjoy!
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• On free will, the brain, society and Michael Gazzaniga: one is not like the others

  
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  Michael Gazzaniga recently stopped by UBC for the Quinn Memorial Lecture and I had a chance to listen in on his talk about free will, which I assume is taken from his most recent book on the topic. Past Quinn lectures are available on Youtube, so I imagine the Gazzaniga talk will uploaded at some time in the ...
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• Stephen Banks Talks Chaos Theories

  
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  I recently read Chaos Theories by Stephen Banks, which takes a thought-provoking look at cause and effect, fate, and free will. Stephen is here to answer my never ending questions. Before we get to that, let’s meet the man behind the words: *** When Stephen Banks was in high school, his Career/Guidance ...
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• WISDOM | Rob Breszny’s Free Will Astrology for May

  
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  FREE WILL ASTROLOGY May © Copyright 2013  Rob Brezsny Get the new smartphone app here . ARIES (March 21-April 19) : Are you afraid that you lack a crucial skill or aptitude? Do you have a goal that you’re worried might be impossible to achieve because of this inadequacy? If so, now is a good time to make plans ...
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• new book – ‘Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking’ by Daniel C. Dennett

  
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  Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett (W.W. Norton & Co., 2013) (kindle ed.), (amazon.co.uk) Book description from the publisher: One of the world’s leading philosophers offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments. Over a storied career, Daniel ...
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• MONTHLY NUMEROLOGY – MAY 2013

  
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  Your personal year number for 2013 is obtained by adding 6 to your month and day of birth. (2013 adds up to 6).  For example, if you were born on August 24, add 8+2+4+6 = 20. Keep adding until you reach a single digit. 2+0=2. In this example, your yearly number for 2013 would be 2. Use your personal year number to ...
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• A Skeptic’s Guide to the Mind

  
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  In his first book, On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Wrong, neurologist Robert Burton showed that our certainty that we are right has nothing to do with how right we are. He explained how brain mechanisms can make us feel even more confident about false beliefs than about true ones. Now, ...
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