tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post1866842697720942164..comments2023-10-17T06:26:31.005-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Middleman: Clobbering Kalam - and William Lane CraigJohn Evohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-10143165279804691712011-07-17T21:13:00.088-07:002011-07-17T21:13:00.088-07:00Well buddy, it looks like we're going to have ...Well buddy, it looks like we're going to have to continue any and all conversations either here, on my blog, or elsewhere -- as your lord and master SI has finally pulled his iron curtain tactics on me.<br /><br />I can't believe he fell for it so easily, personally, but hey -- this <i>is</i> the blogosphere right? Who needs evidence?<br /><br />LOL!clhttp://thewarfareismental.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-64762847503817671742011-07-17T08:40:24.979-07:002011-07-17T08:40:24.979-07:00"Whatever you think about his refutation of t...<i>"Whatever you think about his refutation of the KCA, his primary argument was with Craig's claim that he doesn't condescend to philosophical arguments from "the Net", then straw man the argument from TBS."</i><br /><br />That was <i>not</i> his primary argument. That was a side point that he dedicated roughly 20% of his airtime to.<br /><br /><i>"He's clhttp://thewarfareismental.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-29788196057895232602011-07-17T01:27:25.906-07:002011-07-17T01:27:25.906-07:00Sorry. 1:40 AM and I've had a few. Pretty su...Sorry. 1:40 AM and I've had a few. Pretty sure you get the question and the point.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638429713729242022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-92204792172751223142011-07-17T01:25:50.288-07:002011-07-17T01:25:50.288-07:00"So, in short: this guy's objection hardl..."So, in short: this guy's objection hardly cuts the mustard against Craig,"<br /><br />Whatever you think about his refutation of the KCA, his primary argument was with Craig's claim that he doesn't condescend to philosophical arguments from "the Net", then straw man the argument from TBS.<br /><br />He's points on Kalam were much stronger than you are willing John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638429713729242022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-29769316397103557912011-07-16T15:05:59.422-07:002011-07-16T15:05:59.422-07:00I've never been a huge Craig fan, nor have I e...I've never been a huge Craig fan, nor have I ever been a big fan of Craig's Kalam argument. However, I am a big fan of Aristotle's argument from kinesis, precisely because the terminology doesn't afford the same looseness as terms like "material," which the presenter of this video seems quite fond of.<br /><br />Speaking for myself as a proponent of <i>creatio ex nihilo<clhttp://thewarfareismental.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-55132835940205434022011-06-06T12:19:24.180-07:002011-06-06T12:19:24.180-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-22627495558371662332011-06-05T19:05:28.335-07:002011-06-05T19:05:28.335-07:00Really good video, John. Changing the meaning of c...Really good video, John. Changing the meaning of causality midstream is the bread and butter of the Kalam argument, and fails miserably.metamorphhhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754527748086296743noreply@blogger.com