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Compatibilism and Wireless Technology, Part 2: The Wireless Transmitter Analogy

October 21, 2015 , Gene Brode, Jr. , Comment Closed

In this post I hope to show by way of analogy the incompatibility of soft determinism with human freedom. I will first lay out the technological terms and give a brief explanation of how they work. I…

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Compatibilism and Wireless Technology, Part 1: Why Calvinism’s Explanation for Human Freedom and Responsibility Doesn’t Satisfy Me

October 20, 2015 , Gene Brode, Jr. , Comment Closed

In this post I will discuss why Compatibilistic Calvinism really offers no satisfactory explanation of how genuine human choice (in the common understanding of the word) is possible within the scheme of divine determinism. William Birch…

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Calvinism vs. Arminianism: Should We Tell Unbelievers That God Loves Them?

December 16, 2014 , Gene Brode, Jr. , Comment Closed

Last week on the way to my small group Bible study at church, I had an interesting conversation with a pastor friend who’s a Calvinist. I said something about hoping my son would get saved…

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