Guarded AcumenThe Magisterium, Infallibility, and ReliabilityBy most accounts, a major reason for affirming Roman Catholicism is that we would expect God to have established a church with a clear…Sep 3, 2023Sep 3, 2023
Guarded AcumenTransgenderism, Gender Pairs, and AmbiguityAfter reading a number of online discussions regarding the nature of transgenderism, I have noticed that many LGBT community members are…Sep 2, 2023Sep 2, 2023
Guarded AcumenIn Defense of the Argument against Limited OpportunityIn my previous post, I argued that God would not create any person who has any chance of suffering forever. In other words, no person will…Mar 3, 2023Mar 3, 2023
Guarded AcumenAn Argument against Limited OpportunityTypically, infernalists argue that the damned cannot be saved because of their deprivation due to original sin and without special graces…Feb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023
Guarded AcumenReasons, Rationality, and UniversalismWhat reasons does God have for damning people? If God damns them in one world, why not in every other world? Does God arbitrarily choose…Feb 23, 2023Feb 23, 2023
Guarded AcumenAn Incomplete Bibliography on Hell and UniversalismFor about 4 years now, I have grown into the habit of creating bibliographies for all my research interests. In the early days of Guarded…Feb 23, 2023Feb 23, 2023
Guarded AcumenResponse to Pruss’ Argument against an Infinite PastIn a blog post entitled, Two More Arguments Against an Infinite Past, Alexander Pruss from Prosblogion offers an argument for the…Feb 22, 2023Feb 22, 2023
Guarded AcumenA Problem for Gender Identity?After engaging with a number of online LGBT circles, I have noticed that many LGBT community members are (seemingly) committed to a set of…Feb 22, 2023Feb 22, 2023
Guarded AcumenResponse to Vecchio’s Symmetry BreakerIn a blog post entitled, An Argument from Wayne and Garth, Daniel Vecchio from Vexing Questions offers a symmetry breaker for the…Feb 21, 2023Feb 21, 2023
Guarded AcumenWhat is Universalism?According to classic Christian doctrine, faith is a necessary and sufficient condition for salvation. So, if any persons were to fail to…Feb 20, 2023Feb 20, 2023