tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post7538249216164894245..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The bell curve of theismRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-69797018278489422152017-04-11T11:46:08.547-04:002017-04-11T11:46:08.547-04:00I would say Blomberg and NT Wright alao deserve th...I would say Blomberg and NT Wright alao deserve the top-scholars rank. <br /><br />Mike Licona and Gary Habermas may occupy that too. Their case of Ressurrection is probably the best of yet. yoshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05917438753360985142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-46091379229507146712017-04-09T20:43:21.565-04:002017-04-09T20:43:21.565-04:00I'd have to steer clear of a fan club. One can...I'd have to steer clear of a fan club. One can't be seen engaging in too much praise.<br /><br />But I get your point, AP :) Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03954530962872661952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-54157646563699204982017-04-09T19:59:46.703-04:002017-04-09T19:59:46.703-04:00I totally agree with you all. If there was a fan c...I totally agree with you all. If there was a fan club, I'd be a card carrying member.ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-37202709065584121622017-04-09T19:27:11.073-04:002017-04-09T19:27:11.073-04:00Without a shadow of a doubt, chaps. Hays is an exc...Without a shadow of a doubt, chaps. Hays is an exceptional thinker and formidable debater.<br /><br />I have James Anderson's Why Should I Believe Christianity on a shelf, and it is no surprise to see such a sophisticated thinker as Anderson give special mention to Steve Hays in the book's acknowledgements.<br /><br />I imagine Hays will shudder at such talk, which is another mark of the man.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03954530962872661952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-75781191900405177702017-04-08T15:25:57.970-04:002017-04-08T15:25:57.970-04:00"I suspect some Clarkians will resent that th..."I suspect some Clarkians will resent that their hero wasn't included, while Van Til was. No doubt Clark falls under one or the other of what Steve wrote."<br /><br />There are people I could have added on both posts. That said, Van Til is a more original thinker than Clark.<br /><br />Had I wanted to be more ecumenical, I might have added Al-Ghazâlî, Ibn Khaldūn, and Hossein Nasr. Or Hindu mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. <br /><br />Again, though, the post is illustrative rather than exhaustive. Moreover, it's about the cream of the crop. Although Clark is an influential figure in 20C Calvinism, he's hardly in the upper echelon of Christian thinkers generally. <br /><br />Notice that I didn't include R. C. Sproul. He didn't make the cut because he's just a popularizer. Even within Calvinism, there are far more able apologists, philosophers, and theologians. <br /><br />The post is not about the best, but the most gifted. If orthodoxy had been my criterion, rather than high IQ, the list would be very different. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-37637029106965651712017-04-08T13:03:01.404-04:002017-04-08T13:03:01.404-04:00BTW, Van Til himself repeatedly said that he belie...BTW, Van Til himself repeatedly said that he believed Gordon Clark was a better philosopher than himself.ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-9617100745812829442017-04-08T12:53:11.984-04:002017-04-08T12:53:11.984-04:00I suspect some Clarkians will resent that their he...I suspect some Clarkians will resent that their hero wasn't included, while Van Til was. No doubt Clark falls under one or the other of what Steve wrote:<br /><br /><i>No doubt I may omit or overlook significant figures. Sometimes that's deliberate, sometimes inadvertent. </i><br /><br />Steve also wrote:<br /><i>iii) My list will skimp on Jewish representatives simply because I'm more conversant with the Christian landscape than the Jewish landscape.</i><br /><br />I suspect Steve would say the same thing about Islamic thinkers. Some of whom were also brilliant.ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-75603568040057113852017-04-08T08:42:40.144-04:002017-04-08T08:42:40.144-04:00Bahnsen was not an original thinker. Rather, he ha...Bahnsen was not an original thinker. Rather, he has the kind of high intelligence that can master complex positions and complex arguments, then redeploy them to argue for his own position. He's comparable to guys like Francis Beckwith, Thomas Morris, and Randal Rauser in that respect–although he's more orthodox. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-39016177319112272972017-04-07T22:52:37.785-04:002017-04-07T22:52:37.785-04:00Kudos to Peter van Inwagen for making it twice.
We...Kudos to Peter van Inwagen for making it twice.<br />Wesley So is an interesting addition. The top level of chess requires obsession and a very specific kind of intelligence. I'm not sure whether some are like a kind of savant with a freak skill but in various facets not necessarily recognizably genius.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915440650003762649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-53915547719031943332017-04-07T22:32:55.219-04:002017-04-07T22:32:55.219-04:00Where do you think Bahnsen would be on the list ha...Where do you think Bahnsen would be on the list had he lived, upper half or lower half or not at all?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996214961317651814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-67344114028781522192017-04-07T19:13:08.651-04:002017-04-07T19:13:08.651-04:00I agree. In terms of both his erudition and his pu...I agree. In terms of both his erudition and his pure "processing power". John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-91723442271760151512017-04-07T17:24:13.011-04:002017-04-07T17:24:13.011-04:00Yes.Yes.Jason Engwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031011335190895123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-4437929743740984592017-04-07T15:40:32.374-04:002017-04-07T15:40:32.374-04:00Although his piety (modesty) prevents it (Prov 27:...Although his piety (modesty) prevents it (Prov 27:2), Steve Hays ought to be on this list!rockingwithhawkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550503108269371174noreply@blogger.com