tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428753403599802792024-03-13T09:08:51.301-07:00Choosing HatsBrian Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09343706473535031469noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-27692012523796011382009-10-06T16:39:00.000-07:002009-10-06T16:39:30.130-07:00WE MOVED!!!If you happen to have "choosinghats.blogspot.com" saved to your favorites, please change it now to www.choosinghats.com
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BKBrian Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09343706473535031469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-22821762927889453832009-10-03T15:44:00.000-07:002009-10-03T15:44:23.303-07:00Comments are now ModeratedDue to a recent comment left on Choosing Hats, we have unfortunately had to turn comment moderation on. In this case, it was due to profane language.
It shouldn't take too much sense to realize that comments with profanity are not welcome on a site of this nature, but since there are some who haven't put two and two together, all comments will be approved before they show up on the site from Brian Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09343706473535031469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-81032865449821079802009-09-30T20:39:00.000-07:002009-09-30T20:50:24.960-07:00VacationThank you so much for visiting Choosing Hats. If you have not noticed, there have been a large number of new posts recently. The plans are to continue to post at this pace, however we will be taking a (hopefully) short break before we continue to do so.We have some exciting new ideas we would love to share with you, just not yet.Enjoy the recent posts, and stay tuned for more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-37028766778716562252009-09-28T21:12:00.000-07:002009-09-28T21:23:56.017-07:00"Homophobia" and HomosexualityThis is a conversation I had via the Internet with a homosexual atheist friend from my old school. He posted something online which listed some emotional examples of hate crimes against homosexuals and declared that homophobia is wrong. I decided to question him about his beliefs.Me: I agree, of course, that the descriptions of how these people were treated is morally and emotionally Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-20714038849625546552009-09-28T20:07:00.001-07:002009-09-28T20:15:16.651-07:00The video clip of Dan Barker objecting to his own book being quoted.The other day I posted on a Barker vs White debate while it was going on. You may find the post here -http://choosinghats.blogspot.com/2009/09/futility-of-unbelief.htmlDr. White has provided the video clip of the event -Please make sure to visit www.aomin.org as Dr. White has posted a number of times on this rather strange incident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-6121102421850352002009-09-28T11:58:00.000-07:002009-09-28T12:12:49.271-07:00Answering PastafarianismIt must be confessed that the postulation of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has resulted in the creation of some rather humorous material on the Internet and elsewhere. See - http://www.venganza.org/The FSM also has its place in certain philosophical discussions, though I am afraid that the number of such discussions is much lower than what the typical unbeliever apparently supposes. It is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-68380265930643442342009-09-27T22:24:00.001-07:002009-09-27T22:38:25.099-07:00"Does God Exist?" My Opening Statement (2006)Opening Statement"Does God Exist?"Central Virginia Community CollegeFebruary 2006Thank you all for coming out for the debate and thanks to Alex and Dr. McGee for being willing to help with this. I’d also like to thank my God, in whom we live and move and have our being. I want to make it clear from the start that the God I am talking about today is the God of the Christian scriptures. That’s Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-76314127411951752462009-09-27T18:54:00.000-07:002009-09-27T19:23:51.133-07:00The Problem of Religion (Part 2): Hume and FreudDavid HumeHume is similar to Nietzsche in that he attacks philosophical norms, but what is pertinent to this article is that he likewise attacks religion. Hume finds many philosophical worries with religion. One of these worries is with the inadequacies of supposed proofs such as arguments from experience and miracles, which are at the core of many religions.Hume presents a proof for the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-76953503518342555262009-09-26T21:32:00.000-07:002009-09-26T21:56:08.604-07:00The Problem of Religion (Part 1): Introduction, Descartes, and NietzscheIntroductionFrom within the Non-Christian worldview it may be rather easily seen that the term “religion” is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to define. This is no doubt due to the subjective nature of the term once it is divorced from the Christian worldview. A number of thinkers will be discussed in this series in order to show the great difficulty of even involving oneself with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-83941444942390895492009-09-26T10:34:00.000-07:002009-09-26T22:04:36.545-07:00The Futility of UnbeliefMy wife and I are currently listening to a debate (live) between well known atheist Dan Barker and Christian apologist Dr. James White through www.aomin.org. Dan Barker just finished his opening statement which more or less left us with the old argument that the account of Jesus was borrowed from mythology. This is not why I am writing this post.After Barker's opening statement, Dr. White got up Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-58141253424602213252009-09-25T18:30:00.000-07:002009-09-25T18:30:53.867-07:00Nothing is AbsoluteI was checking in on some discussion boards I used to post regularly on and came across the following statement by an atheist in response to a discussion over the Bible:
Atheist: All interpretation of the bible is subjective. You don't hold the final word on it. It's all in your own mind and isn't absolute. Nothing is.
If this gal had left off the last sentence, she probably wouldn't have Brian Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09343706473535031469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-60077303444409873712009-09-25T12:19:00.000-07:002009-09-25T12:42:29.609-07:00Sacrificing the Gospel on the Altar of Unbiblical ApologeticsOften so-called objections to the presuppositionalist methodology are downright frightening. Take this article for example -http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/240172 written by Caleb Colley. Under the section on presuppositionalism, Caleb writes the following:“While the presuppositionalist is right that worldview is important, the presuppositional approach is in conflict with Paul’s Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-30325176877294929192009-09-24T14:08:00.000-07:002009-09-24T17:05:23.485-07:00Confused About PresupIf one “googles” “presup”, he or she will find the video below at the top of the list. This gentleman argues that presuppositionalists undermine their own position in their insistence that reason and sense experience must “find their ground” in God. His argument consists of assuming that his particular version of atheism is true without giving us any reason for doing so.The author of the video Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-50568450084232189132009-09-23T21:18:00.001-07:002009-09-23T21:28:40.607-07:00Providence and PresuppositionsOne of the easiest areas to spot the truth of the claim that presuppositions determine the way people view evidence is in the discussion of the providence of God. Last night a friend of mine told me that his wife left her job.Tonight he told me that his wife had been given a new job out of nowhere!The new job is by far preferable to the old. For this we thank God. Upon sharing about this with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-4020086171377711082009-09-23T21:07:00.000-07:002009-09-23T21:16:52.961-07:00An atheist who gets it...Well, some of it anyway. I do wish more Christians understood what is set forth in this video.Greg Bahnsen opened in his debate with Gordon Stein as follows -It is necessary at the outset of our debate to define our terms; that is always the case. And in particular here, I should make it clear what I mean when I use the term "God". I want to specify that I'm arguing particularly in favor of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-52620879253911514052009-09-23T10:15:00.000-07:002009-09-23T11:01:52.969-07:00Pragmatism vs JustificationI have been following the discussion on Induction between Chris and Mitch with great interest. Even though they are about to wrap things up, I wanted to comment on part of Mitch's most recent response.
Mitch writes: It might not be a justification of induction in Bolt’s opinion, but such is the nature of pragmatism. It needs not be a justification, it simply is a warrant for its continued use. Brian Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09343706473535031469noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-3724415801554549412009-09-22T23:51:00.000-07:002009-09-23T12:03:12.996-07:00Theologians AllA rather humorous exchange between Dr. James White and Dan Barker is posted below. Atheism is just as "religious" as any other system we might typically label a "religion". There is no such thing as a person who does not believe in God, but there is such a thing as a person who claims to not believe in God. Such a claim requires a great deal of bad theology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-25706973373544321152009-09-22T22:33:00.000-07:002009-09-22T22:41:41.475-07:00A Brief Critique of “The Inconsistency of Theism”Andrew Moroz desires to convince his readers of the inconsistency of theism through an article entitled “The Inconsistency of Theism” which may be found here - http://www.atheists.org/The_Inconsistency_of_TheismMoroz notes that while there are many conceptions of God, his “focus will be on the Christian God”. Unfortunately he immediately presents John Hick’s description of [John Hick’s] god, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-79513158300946594402009-09-21T23:10:00.000-07:002009-09-21T23:15:46.539-07:00Eight Steps to Popularizing Presuppositional ApologeticsA presuppositional apologetic is a method of defending the Christian faith. Presuppositional apologetics are based on a recognition of the need to be committed to God and Scripture even when chatting with unbelievers who raise supposed intellectual objections to the faith. The result is that God and His Word are presupposed while arguments and evidence are presented. Other methods of apologetics Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-56608184109004561202009-09-21T21:25:00.000-07:002009-09-23T00:00:25.270-07:00Are sunglasses evidence of God?“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.” Psalms 19:1-4 (ESV) The other day I jumped into a conversation about the presuppositional Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-72117903321680350112009-09-21T10:40:00.000-07:002009-09-21T11:37:40.429-07:00The failure of unbelief with respect to induction illustrated by Mitch LeBlanc.Mitch LeBlanc continues to espouse his inconsistencies regarding induction in his most recent post found here - http://urbanphilosophy.net/philosophy/further-thoughts-and-clarifications-on-induction-and-the-christian-god/Mitch Admits His ProblemHe writes, “…I simply mean to suggest that one should be as skeptical about the problem of induction as the problem is skeptical of inductive reasoning Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-14602232878044137602009-09-20T00:47:00.000-07:002009-09-20T01:26:46.577-07:00With A Wave of His Wand: How Mitch LeBlanc Answers the Problem of InductionIntroductionMitch LeBlanc wrote an indirect response to me regarding the Problem of Induction wherein he relied heavily upon Michael Martin to deal with the presuppositionalist utilization of the famous problem. He apparently recognizes, to some extent, the alleged challenge set forth. My response to his post may be found here - http://choosinghats.blogspot.com/2009/09/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-21154606104439237152009-09-16T21:01:00.000-07:002009-09-16T21:28:02.339-07:00Mitch LeBlanc's Proposed Solution to the Problem of InductionIntroductionMitch LeBlanc has written a post concerning induction ( found here - http://urbanphilosophy.net/philosophy/inductive-reasoning-and-the-christian-god/ ) in which he writes that “the uniformity of nature (or rather the principle of the uniformity of nature) states that ‘the future will resemble the past’ and is used in inductive reasoning”. He then attempts to describe the difference Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-77258155244061022072009-09-16T17:04:00.000-07:002009-09-16T17:08:12.803-07:00Logical Fallacies In Presuppositionalism“I'll be honest Chris…it amazes me that just like Greg Bahnsen you've done a degree in Philosophy yet can't see through the multitude of logical fallacies present in presuppositionalism. Like all other presuppositionalists you also appear completely unable to demonstrate to any degree of satisfaction how Christ presents you with wisdom, knowledge or certainty despite these bold claims.”Notice theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1742875340359980279.post-29630651848775385762009-09-09T17:21:00.000-07:002009-09-09T17:28:59.366-07:00Helping Dawson Recognize a TAThis lengthy (well, at least by my standard) reply is in response to comments Dawson Bethrick and I have traded in response to my post “Dawson’s (Mis)Understanding of TAs” found here
Dawson wrote: I’m not sure why this is so important to you. As I indicated in my original comment, not only does RK not provide an argument for his god’s existence, he does not – from what I can see – provide any Brian Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09343706473535031469noreply@blogger.com8