This is a brilliant and very enjoyable exposition of Plantinga's work and some of the most pertinent issues in the philosophy of religion, such as our (rational) reasons for believing that God exists, the problem of evil, and the compatibility of God's foreknowledge of what is going to happen with free will. Highly recommended!
Plantinger''s explanation is too convoluted. There is no problem - we are confined to what we call 'time' (I don't believe time exists as we know it - only position of matter - but that's another issue) and free to make choices - God is outside 'time' and looking at events from any angle - and 'backwards' if need be. So it's not knowledge of what you 'will do' - this is still trying to think of a limited God from a human standpoint as if he has some crystal ball (I guess he could have being God). But it's simpler than that - He being outside 'time' simply "knows the end position of all matter from the beginning" - as is perfectly explained for us in the Bible.
A true God by definition must be omnipotent - all powerful - ie there can only be one. You can't have a true 'god' or a bunch of 'gods' existing in bits and pieces with various power-sharing agreements (earth fire and water etc - they would have to be created beings) - and that means there can only be 1 world/reality. Either it's all or nothing and you can't have nothing. Exactly - the fact that you cannot prove god does NOT exist is proof there is part of reality that is permanently untouchable /hidden from us - a bit like quantum mechanics is showing us. Similarly God can only 'seen' by accepting His existence - also alluded to in the Bible. I think the cosmos size and mysteriousness reflects perfectly the nature of God in relation to us.
This is a brilliant and very enjoyable exposition of Plantinga's work and some of the most pertinent issues in the philosophy of religion, such as our (rational) reasons for believing that God exists, the problem of evil, and the compatibility of God's foreknowledge of what is going to happen with free will. Highly recommended!
Interesting video.
Audio too low. Even on max volume. Hard of hearing...pls re-do. Too many videos incl. also Dr. Hull recorded too low.
Great vid 👌🏿
The ontological argument might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard, and I believe in God
Plantinger''s explanation is too convoluted. There is no problem - we are confined to what we call 'time' (I don't believe time exists as we know it - only position of matter - but that's another issue) and free to make choices - God is outside 'time' and looking at events from any angle - and 'backwards' if need be. So it's not knowledge of what you 'will do' - this is still trying to think of a limited God from a human standpoint as if he has some crystal ball (I guess he could have being God). But it's simpler than that - He being outside 'time' simply "knows the end position of all matter from the beginning" - as is perfectly explained for us in the Bible.
A true God by definition must be omnipotent - all powerful - ie there can only be one. You can't have a true 'god' or a bunch of 'gods' existing in bits and pieces with various power-sharing agreements (earth fire and water etc - they would have to be created beings) - and that means there can only be 1 world/reality. Either it's all or nothing and you can't have nothing. Exactly - the fact that you cannot prove god does NOT exist is proof there is part of reality that is permanently untouchable /hidden from us - a bit like quantum mechanics is showing us. Similarly God can only 'seen' by accepting His existence - also alluded to in the Bible. I think the cosmos size and mysteriousness reflects perfectly the nature of God in relation to us.