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Tikkun Ecclesia: God in Check: The Problem with Geach's Grand Master
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Writings and Personal Reflections. Friday, July 1, 2011. God in Check: The Problem with Geach's Grand Master. Peter Geach, "God in Relation to the World," in Logic Matters. Berkeley: University of California, 1972), 325.]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977), 58.]. What should we make of this position? Decisions" for "every possible situation"? It seems not. For suppose we conceive of an actual game in play 5 moves into the game. At this point, God would have eliminated many of the possi...Do in...
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Tikkun Ecclesia: First Post: Where to Begin?
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Writings and Personal Reflections. Saturday, April 17, 2010. First Post: Where to Begin? I pray that something good will come from this and that I'm not just wasting my time or other people's time. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I created "Greg's Symposium" as my outlet to reflect on the deeper issues I'm interested in. I'm an Evangelical Christian and a Seminary student. My interests are primarily in philosophy, theology, and biblical and Jewish studies. View my complete profile.
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Tikkun Ecclesia: Maimonides' 3rd Commandment: Evangelism?
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Writings and Personal Reflections. Friday, May 14, 2010. Maimonides' 3rd Commandment: Evangelism? So it was to my surprise when I came across Maimonides making basically the same point as me. Interestingly, he makes this point in his famous work, Sefer HaMitzvot. Wherein he lists and exposits the 613 laws of Torah and divides them into positive and negative commandments. (The number 613 is based on Talmudic tradition that takes the numerical value of torah. Of obedience, but is. We see that this mitzvah.
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Tikkun Ecclesia: Choosing the Foolish, Discipling the Vicious
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Writings and Personal Reflections. Saturday, June 25, 2011. Choosing the Foolish, Discipling the Vicious. For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;. God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,. And wouldn't giving i...
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Tikkun Ecclesia: "He who wins souls is wise." Really?
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Writings and Personal Reflections. Saturday, August 20, 2011. He who wins souls is wise." Really? פְּֽרִי־צַ֭דִּיק עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְלֹקֵ֖חַ נְפָשׂ֣וֹת חָכָֽם. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;. And he that winneth souls is wise." (KJV). Ἐκ καρποῦ δικαιοσύνης φύεται δένδρον ζωῆς. Ἀφαιροῦνται δὲ ἄωροι ψυχαὶ παρανόμων. From the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life,. But the lives of the lawless are cut short.". A) "The fruit of justice/righteousness is a tree of life;. Clause (B) now seems...
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Tikkun Ecclesia: Prime Matter: Is Richard Creel a Modern-Day Advocate?
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Writings and Personal Reflections. Monday, July 11, 2011. Prime Matter: Is Richard Creel a Modern-Day Advocate? The theist should say not, "In the beginning was God," but, "In the beginning was God and the plenum," because neither could exist without the other.[1]. As incoherent, since it seems to violate the principle ex nihilo nihil fit. From nothing nothing becomes'). Unwilling to trade creation ex nihilo. For creation ex Deo. It cannot possibly exist, since it. Has no essence to speak of and is funda...
