Just curious: on pages 154-156 of "God with Us," Oliphint favors the metaphysics of contemporary analytic modalism over classical "substance metaphysics." Seeing you reject "Thomistic simplicity," what metaphysics are you committed to?
That's a big question. To give two examples, I'm partial to the Augustinian exemplarist tradition. On a related note, I favor theistic conceptual realism (a la Greg Welty, James Anderson).
Finally, I think the Trinity informs us that symmetry is a fundamental feature of ultimate reality. Symmetry is the coincidentia oppositorum of the one-over-many.
Very provocative. I'm glad to see Helm carefully interacting with these lines of thought, and with the theologians who are advancing them.
ReplyDeleteOliphint's model reminds me of the Moreland/Craig proposal on the incarnation.
ReplyDeleteI think Oliphint is out of his depth.
DeleteExcept for Thomistic simplicity, I generally agree with classical theism.
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DeleteJust curious: on pages 154-156 of "God with Us," Oliphint favors the metaphysics of contemporary analytic modalism over classical "substance metaphysics." Seeing you reject "Thomistic simplicity," what metaphysics are you committed to?
DeleteThat's a big question. To give two examples, I'm partial to the Augustinian exemplarist tradition. On a related note, I favor theistic conceptual realism (a la Greg Welty, James Anderson).
DeleteFinally, I think the Trinity informs us that symmetry is a fundamental feature of ultimate reality. Symmetry is the coincidentia oppositorum of the one-over-many.
Does that answer your question?