tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433428682510068517.post987033508272599927..comments2024-02-29T19:21:32.831-05:00Comments on Possible Worlds: The Benefit of Philosophy in Theology and ApologeticsRandy Everisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06870605678781409126noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433428682510068517.post-55984487125537373922011-05-07T14:35:08.626-04:002011-05-07T14:35:08.626-04:00Hi Cris (that is you, right?!). Thanks for comment...Hi Cris (that is you, right?!). Thanks for commenting! I agree with you 100%. I can sympathize with those who will never truly be able to do advanced philosophy and theology, and I would never say God requires of them such things. They would be required, however, to do the best they can to have an answer for the hope that is within them--even if that answer is their own changed life and testimony!Randy Everisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870605678781409126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433428682510068517.post-11695875166842900172011-05-07T12:30:46.339-04:002011-05-07T12:30:46.339-04:00Hi Randy we met at ISCA. Good post! There certainl...Hi Randy we met at ISCA. Good post! There certainly are humanistic philosophies inspired by demons (Col 2:8),but that is why the Lord raises up some "to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3). CS Lewis said it this way, "Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy must be answered." I'm afraid some folks are intellectually lazy (or incapable) and just don't want to think that hard.Go to: www.LogosApologia.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759727941292597503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433428682510068517.post-88693942123619467022011-05-06T16:22:35.973-04:002011-05-06T16:22:35.973-04:00Hi Luke, thanks for the kind words! I still strugg...Hi Luke, thanks for the kind words! I still struggle with my heart being in evangelization for unbelievers and equipping for believers sometimes. I'll simply be out to win--that's just as sinful as shutting off one's mind! :)Randy Everisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870605678781409126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433428682510068517.post-58676128344371692962011-05-06T16:21:42.217-04:002011-05-06T16:21:42.217-04:00Hi Paul thanks for commenting! :) That's defin...Hi Paul thanks for commenting! :) That's definitely a good thought concerning science. My personal theory is that people are all too happy to debate things within Christian theology they think they know about. But when something comes along they haven't heard of, that's when they play that card. It allows one to disengage from thinking about it.Randy Everisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870605678781409126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433428682510068517.post-8774774373986704262011-05-06T15:18:15.606-04:002011-05-06T15:18:15.606-04:00Great post, Randy! I especially appreciate that yo...Great post, Randy! I especially appreciate that you mentioned that people should not try to check their heart at the door. I remember when I first started with apologetics, I struggled with that a lot.Faithful Thinkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089768576413860677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433428682510068517.post-74231559714021544122011-05-06T15:12:16.175-04:002011-05-06T15:12:16.175-04:00Thoughtful post. I have also encountered folks who...Thoughtful post. I have also encountered folks who say philosophy is influenced by Satan or that the Bible forbids our study of it. They've also provided similar justifications in my experience, that it's "just man's reasoning." They say often say it pejoratively with a condescending tone. <br /><br />I disagree with them. I don't think philosophy is itself Satanic, or that the Bible forbids studying philosophy.<br /><br />I find it interesting that these folks tend not to question the morality of science, because it is also based on "human reason" <br /><br />Just a thought.<br /><br />Thanks for posting!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244892858087858932noreply@blogger.com