Musings of a Seminarian

Inerrancy, Science and Scripture

2007-01-06T00:21:00.000-08:00

Over the years I have been taught that God's revelation can be viewed as two types, General and Special revelation.General Revelation is God revealing Himself through His works, which can be seen in the creation around us by any person at any time in history.Special Revelation would include God speaking to mankind through "special" efforts on His part. This, in my view, (which is a little

The Village Green: The Shekinah Glory

2006-03-15T20:08:00.000-08:00

An interesting Blog.The Village Green: The Shekinah Glory

And Never the Twain Shall Meet: The Dilemma of Public Education

2006-03-12T21:22:00.000-08:00

<>I wrote this as a comment to a blog at The Pandas Thumb. It refers to a Wisconsin Law regarding the teaching of Intelligent Design in science classes.The law was quoted there as follows: SECTION 1. 118.018 of the statutes is created to read: 118.018 Science instruction. The school board shall ensure that any material presented as science within the school curriculum complies with all of the

Do we need to know anything?

2006-02-11T23:44:00.000-08:00

Epistemology has progressed (regressed?) to the point that skepticism is the order of the day.Popper says that Science cannot prove anything.The world is filled with belief systems that are internally rationally coherent but are without external reasons to believe in any one of them. We cannot know whether they are "true".I agree that we cannot know they are true in a foundationalistic sense

Is natural theology the only or best means to select between the competing "programs"?

2006-02-11T23:38:00.000-08:00

"One way of describing this perplexing situation is that we live in a multiply ambiguous world. This is a world in which Christianity competes, it seems, with other doxastically rational religious traditions which are increasingly wellunderstood by it, and it by them, and them by each other; and in which each such tradition competes with many forms of secularised naturalism of which the same

More Reformed Epistemology

2006-02-11T23:36:00.000-08:00

"... the similar argument for the rationality of Christian belief developed by Alston in Perceiving God, which I think is the finest document of Reformed Epistemology to date."Same Source

REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGY

2006-02-11T23:34:00.000-08:00

"The protest begins with a selfreferential argument that Plantinga has stated several times. Why should we assume that no belief is rational if it is not either selfevident, or an incorrigible deliverance of consciousness, or inferred from some other belief that is in one of these two classes? The thesis that only beliefs that conform to this requirement are rational ones can not itself be

Faith & Science Chart

2006-02-11T23:31:00.000-08:00

See:http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/Patterns.htmlFor a good chart of the basic patterns relating Faith & Science.See "Complementarity" view is supported by Augustine.I should research Augustine's epistemology.

Is Science Logical?

2006-02-11T23:26:00.000-08:00

Philosophy of Science: This is a field of study that is little known but is very important The philosophical foundations of science are taken for granted within most of the scientific community, yet they are never (well rarely ever) explicitly taught and are therefore not questioned. Logic as typically used by scientists Deductive Reasoning If A is true then B is true. Premises

Is Critical Realism Biblically Warranted?

2006-02-11T23:22:00.000-08:00

Note to Reader;This is a reply I made on someone elses blog Where do I stand in the Creation/Intelligent Design/Evolution debate?I have spent a great deal of time wrestling with many of the same ideas you are pondering.My main issue is the question of whether it is appropriate to change my view of what the Bible says due to the "provisional" theories of science.I have come to be very sceptical

Eclectic Seminarian Initial Post

2006-02-11T23:07:00.000-08:00

This site will contain many different kinds of posts. Comments, Thoughts, Papers...Who knows.