The Castle Church Door

In its classic form, LFW posits the freedom to do otherwise. And this is the form of LFW which is deployed against Calvinism. More recently, there are some libertarians who no longer regard this condition as a condition of LFW. If so, then that’s one less objection to Calvinism.But, for now, I’ll address the classic formulation. Nowadays, the freedom to do otherwise is cashed out using the currency ...

Victor Reppert quotes the following statement from Bill Hasker:“The value of free will does not end there. All sorts of relationships acquire special value because they involve love, trust, and affection are freely bestowed. The love potions that appear in many fairy stories (and the Harry Potter series) can become a trap; the one who has used the potion finds that he wants to be loved for his ...

JNorm said:The E.O. view is very similar to the Arminian one. Yes, we know. Another reason Arminians should reconsider their theological position.LFW is free will.LFW = Free WILLSays who? Other than demonstrating that he can capitalize and press the "Enter" key, JNorm has done nothing to make his case. His original complaint was that Calvinists do not affirm "free will." No, we don't ...

Some LFWers (and some atheists) here raised the objection of theological fatalism for the Calvinist (though we escape that by denyingt eh LFW premise).We raised the objection that exhaustive, traditionally conceived views of God's foreknowledge actually puts the LFWer in the predicament.They danced around that with the Boethian shuffle.We shoot back with the Dr. Sudduth bazooka."It seems that divine timelessness, rather than providing a way to reconcile foreknowledge ...

Vic Reppert is turning his sights on Calvinism, again.I've weighed in in the meta over at DI.Steve offered some comments of his own.Reppert's not advancing the argument. He's just trying to find new ways to re-state his original complaint.Reppert in red."God could want there to be wicked creatures for his own good purpose???"This is sloppy.God could plan, allow, decree evil for a good reason, yes.Fortunately, special revelation doesn't ...

Victor Reppert has posted the following argument:Here's an argument against compatibilism.1. If compatibilism is true, then God could have created the world in such a way that everyone freely does what is right.2. If God is omnipotent and perfectly good, then, if God could have created the world in such a way that everyone freely does what is right.3. But God did not create the world in such ...