New Name Suggestions
So, yeah. I just realized how lame of a name Theological Ramblings is. If anyone has any ideas for a better one, please send it along. Themes I try to portray in my writing (in case you can’t tell for yourself) include:
- Biblical Theology
- The 5 Solas
- Moderate Realism (Essentialism) (as opposed to nominalism, bleh!)
- Philosphy (as defined by its etymological roots: phileo (love) sohpos (widsom). The fear of the Lord, being the beginning of wisdom, therefore true philosophy is the fearful love and pursuit of God (in an intelligent and philosophical way, of course). As opposed to the contemporary view of philosophy which accords more with the appalling practices of the Sophists, who were more in love with rhetoric and the ability to argumentatively prove or disprove anything they wanted to because they were great at twisting words.
- Socratic Logic
If you can find a name that sounds cool, encorporates some or all of those ideas, and will work well in a blog setting, I’ll gladly use it, give you credit, and be your friend forever. Seriously… even if you occasionally turn into a huge purple monster.
Biblical Morality and Euthyphro
Calvinists must be careful of something. We may be completely unaware of it. I was until I met my friend Jamey. I’m talking about the Euthyphro Dilemma. It’s best to introduce it by posing the dilemma as Socrates put it to Euthyphro in the so named work by Plato.
Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?
A more monotheistic way of putting this would be “Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?”1.
Now you’re probably wondering what this has to do with anything. (more…)