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Do we need identity?
A propos of a discussion going on at the Maverick Philosopher’s place, I revisited ‘Do we need Identity’, chapter 6 of The Logic of Natural Language, a work by the late Fred Sommers that should be on...
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Is every Orwell an Orwell?
As regards my earlier post, Maverick asks Can we justify a distinction between the ‘is’ of identity and the ‘is’ of predication even if we do not make an absolute distinction between names (object...
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why I think you’re identifying Jesus with God
Sometimes, trinitarians think that the Son just is God, and that the Father just is God, and yet the Son is different from the Father. But these can’t all be true. In modern logic, we represent the...
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Hays’s self-inflicted dental injury
Apologist Steve Hays tries to go Tasmanian Devil on my backside, in defense of apologist Jonathan McLatchie. His little teeth can’t seem to find it, though. It’s so off-the-cuff that much of it is...
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podcast 222 – Self-evident truths relevant to Trinity or Incarnation theories...
Not everything should be up for debate. Debates must start somewhere. As Christian philosopher Thomas Reid pointed out, humans are made such that, when we’re fully mature, and when we have certain...
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apologist commits to actual Trinity theory, faceplants – Part 2
Last time, we saw tritheist Steve Hays lay out his own Trinity theory, which of course includes an assertion of monotheism. It was an incoherent mess, and so is something which anyone has a strong...
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Do you think Jesus is the Trinity?
This post is occasioned by the following exchange between a couple of Facebook friends: Unitarian: “You said that Jesus existed ‘as God’. Did you mean ‘as God the Son’? I presume that by ‘God’ you...
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Debating Dale Starter Pack
Please don’t take this personally, but in all likelihood, I’m not willing to debate you. I can only do so much with my time, and I am always over-committed. Also, I have to think you’re a worthy...
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podcast 260 – How to Argue that the Bible is Trinitarian
Many apologists offer simple deductive arguments purporting to show that the Bible rather obviously implies a creedal Trinity doctrine.Are those arguments sound? This episode is my presentation on...
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podcast 261 – How to Argue that the Bible is Trinitarian – Response to Bowman
In this episode I reply to Dr. Bowman’s critique of my presentation from podcast 160, in this blog post and this one. I concede a few points to him, but press him on some others. In particular, I...
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podcast 271 – Does your Trinity theory require relative identity?
Apologists, this episode is for you. Some of you hold a Trinity theory which will clearly be incoherent unless relative identity theory is true. In this episode, I explain the concept of (numerical)...
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How Trinity theories conflict with the New Testament
Most Christians are (at least in theory, according to creeds and statements of faith promulgated by denominations) trinitarians, believers in a triune or tri-personal God, which they call the Trinity....
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Zarley asks: Can Genuine Christians Be Trinitarian or Non-Trinitarian?
An important post by the Golf Pro from the Moon. He answers the above question, in part: Yes. I was a Trinitarian for twenty-two years until God enlightened me through scripture that being a Christian...
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A clear portrait of the Trinity in action?
As I mentioned before, the ESV Study Bible has a really bad entry on the Trinity, part of its appendix called “Biblical Doctrine: An Overview.” Today, I note that it repeats something I’ve often seen...
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“Well OF COURSE they distinguish the Son from the Father!”
Most understand that whatever “the Trinity” doctrine amounts to, it includes the claims that no Person of the Trinity is identical to any other. In symbolic logic, we represent the three claims like...
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the Son ain’t the Father, so the Son ain’t God
Yesterday’s post was true and important, but too technical for many. In this post, I make many of the same points while avoiding technicalities. Trinitarian traditions correctly teach people to...
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podcast 321 – Evaluating Minton’s Three Arguments that Jesus is Yahweh
In this episode I interact with some arguments from the interesting blog post “3 Syllogistic Arguments For Jesus’ Deity” by apologist Evan Minton (also posted here). I evaluate the arguments according...
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podcast 325 – Dr. Jc Beall – The Contradictory Christ – Part 2
Consider the sentence “This sentence is false.” If it is true, then (as it says) it is false. And if it is false, then what it says (i.e. that it’s false) must be true. Why not, then, say that the...
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podcast 348 – Novatian’s On the Trinity – Part 2 – Two Thieves and Three...
In this second episode (part 1 here) you’ll learn about the very interesting last two chapters of Novatian’s book On the Trinity, chapters which tell us so much about the range of theological opinions...
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podcast 350 – Thoughts on my Dialogue with Craig on the Trinity and the Bible...
My recent one-hour dialogue with Dr. William Lane Craig featured a number of interesting exchanges, as well as what I believe is Dr. Craig’s first publicly distinguishing between a creedal Trinity...
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