Evan Minton's Blog, page 17

Q&A: Sin, Doubt, and Rationality

Hey, Evan hope you are doing well. I wanted to ask your thoughts on this and this might be a stupid question, but do you think there may be a correlation with having unrepentant sin and doubting Christianity as a Christian?. Also, do you think this can fog rationality? I ask this because when I was following God in obedience I would find the arguments very persuasive and convincing and still do. However, I noticed when I have unrepenta...

Q&A: How Could The Angels Have Rebelled?

Hello Mr. Minton

I want to ask about a certain topic that’s been on my mind. A friend of mine who is an agnostic shared to me that one reason she is hesitant with Christianity is due to fallen angels. She thinks it is what makes our belief system fishy. If angels are the workers of God and encounter Him more directly and are much more powerful and intelligent than humans, surely they know much clearly the consequences of rebelling. The...

Q&A: Biblical Arguments Against The Soul?

Greetings Mr. Evan,

Thank you for your work on your blog, which I visit a lot of times. I want to ask you something about the soul. I figured you are the best person to ask this since we agree on quite a lot of things, such as annihilationism. This is a concern I’ve had for months. When I newly accepted this view, I noticed that most annihilationists I know are materialists. They believe in body and mind (which they say is connected ...

Q&A: Gay Genes and On What Is Unnatural

Hi Mr. Evan!

Thank you for your answer to my question last time! I was really troubled by it and your answer helped me. I have another question today which is on a sensitive topic. My question has something to do with homosexuality.

I recently read an article from Reasons To Believe about a study which showed that there is a biological basis for sexuality known as the “gay gene”. The article’s contents got me anxious. Romans 1:26-27 st...

Q&A: On The Relationship Between Outside Nature Forming Features and Libertarian Free Will

Hello Mr. Minton

Thank you so much again! If you don’t mind, I have another question. This has nothing to do with regressions this time, but about free will. 

About two years ago, I discovered the view of determinism. It was the first time I heard of it and it shocked me a lot when I read articles. One specific article really got me and I still find myself wrestling with it. Since I believe that the Bible is true in everything in teach...

Q&A: What About Past Life Regressions That Can Be Verified?

Hi Mr. Minton

I wanted to reach out to you because of something I discovered recently. So a relative of mine shared to me about this person (whose name I can’t recall) who was investigating past life claims of people all over the world. He has compiled many of these claims and have looked into them and was able to verify their ‘past life memories’.
 
I found this disturbing as there seems to be a lot of past life claims that could be v...

Q&A: Molinism and The Infallibility Of God

Hello Evan,

I have a quick question which was forwarded to me by a friend. It really got me thinking. According to Molinism, God has knowledge of all ways the world could have been (counterfactuals). He knows what would happen no matter what you choose to do, etc. But doesn’t this imply that there are possible worlds which do not meet God’s plan? Let’s say God wants to bring about a world with the most number of people who would freel...

Q&A: On The Importance Of Biblical Inerrancy

Hey Evan I’m a young Christian wanting to build my faith up in Christ. After looking I found one of the reasons many younger people may leave the faith is because they couldn’t believe in biblical Innerarncy anymore. Personally I do not not stock my faith on Innerarncy but on the ressurection of Christ. However I wanted to ask after studying the Bible for years how do you view the doctrine of Innerarncy? How should a young Christian vie...

Q&A: Question On God and Absolute Necessity

Hello Mr. Evan!

I really love your blog! I find them quite easy to understand for a non-expert like me. I often find my mind going blank when reading some articles.  Keep up the good work!
 
I wanted to ask you a question that I’ve been confused and bothered about. The philosopher, Kant once said that an “absolutely necessary being” is a being whose existence is logically necessary, where to deny its existence is contradictory.
 
Is Go...

Three Surprising Places Divine Council Theology Shows Up In The Bible

The Divine Council is a council of divine beings who live with and serve Yahweh. The Bible refers to them as “elohim” in Hebrew and “gods” in English translations. They make decisions with God on what to do in the human world, as is evident in cases such as 1 Kings 22 where God asks his heavenly host how he should entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead. One says one thing, another says another, and then finally one comes along ...