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Deconditioning Naturalism: Rational Responsibility, Normativity, and the Soul
A Note to the Reader What follows are my original speaking notes from a panel discussion at the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) regional meeting in Georgia (March, 2026). I had the privilege of joining Joshua Ryan Farris and Chad McIntosh to engage Farris’s work in Deconditioning Naturalism , especially his arguments regarding consciousness, the soul, and the limits of a purely naturalistic framework. In my portion of the panel, I zeroed in on a specific pressure poin
Dr. Tim Stratton
Apr 8
A Friendly Response to Philosophically Minded Latter-day Saints: On Creation, Hell, and the Limits of the “Creation Dilemma”
While leading a recent MAVEN immersive experience in Utah, I had the pleasure of meeting a few philosophically inclined young men from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To be candid, that was a breath of fresh air. This is because far too often, conversations between Christians and Latter-day Saints remain at a surface level—talking past one another rather than reasoning together (Isaiah 1:18). But these young men were different. They were thoughtful, sharp, a
Dr. Tim Stratton
Apr 1
What a Paradox is, and is Not, and Why it Matters
I was inspired to write this one after watching this video “The Andromeda Paradox Even Confuses Physicists.” ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Rx6ePSFdk ). You can watch the video for a longer explanation, but the gist is that relativity and the speed of light cause something odd. If you are standing still while I am running past you, and we both observe the Andromeda Galaxy while I pass you, we will observe it in different states. Andromeda is about 1.5 million light years
Phil Kallberg
Mar 27
The Horrors of Euthanasia and the Problem of Suffering
Today, March 26, a young woman by the name of Noelia Castillo Ramos is being euthanized in Spain. [1] Unfortunately, this is nothing new in our Western society. Medically assisted suicide has been legal in Canada for almost 10 years. [2] Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United States—yes, even the USA in some states—have legalized medically assisted suicide to some
Thomas Moller
Mar 26
Salvation by Allegiance? Responding to the Gospel
In past articles, we looked at what the Gospel is and what it accomplishes at the cosmic level. We cannot stop there; however, we need to understand how we ought to respond to the Gospel. For if we do not respond to the Gospel correctly, we are lost and have no hope. To recap, the Gospel is: That Jesus the King came in the flesh, lived a perfect life, was crucified, died, was buried, resurrected, ascended, is now on the throne, and will judge the world in the next age. The ul
Thomas Moller
Mar 13
Epistemic Privilege and the Grounding Objection to Molinism
It can be useful to consider the full force of objections and problems. I.e. suppose that an objection you are considering is right and unanswerable, then what follows from that? So one of the most common technical objections to Molinism is the grounding problem. Loosely speaking the idea is that all truths require a “ground” or foundation that makes them true, counterfactuals have no such ground, therefore counterfactuals cannot be true and so Molinism is not true. Molinists
Phil Kallberg
Mar 11
Seemingly Pointless Suffering
I’ve written three articles on dealing with seemingly pointless suffering and made videos on all of them. So this ultra brief article exists to allow you to access all of them in a convenient way. In the event that I add more articles and/or videos to this list I will update it. Seemingly Pointless Suffering: We Can Know How, not Why: But we really want to know Why Part 1. https://www.freethinkingministries.com/post/dealing-with-seemingly-pointless-suffering-part-1 Video:...
Phil Kallberg
Mar 11
Why Christians Should Support Israel — But Not Blindly
There is a lot of talk about Israel right now. Some Christians believe supporting Israel is a biblical obligation. Others think modern Israel has no theological significance whatsoever. Some defend every Israeli policy reflexively. Others treat Israel as uniquely illegitimate among the nations. Both extremes miss something important. Christians should support Israel — but not blindly. Before explaining why biblically, morally, and geopolitically, let me say this: I have spent
Dr. Tim Stratton
Feb 26
Arguing from the Extremes
There is a very common type of fallacious reasoning that I have termed arguing from the extremes. Once you see this, you’ll notice that it’s everywhere in our society and especially political discourse. Roughly speaking it’s the idea that one or an extremely small number of counter examples disproves a whole theory. This is simply not how to do good reasoning. If you see x follow y 1,000 times you will rightly conclude that there is some type of causal link between x and
Phil Kallberg
Feb 25
What a Straw Man Argument is and What is Not.
I’m inspired to write this both for the accusations of “straw manning” that came from Tim's and my essay at the 2025 EPS, and due to examples that I have seen. While no one accused me of this directly (all the interactions I had with people in relation to the essay were positive, even when they were pushing back), I heard through the grapevine that some people were complaining that Tim and I were straw manning Calvinists and other divine determinists. Additionally, I did see
Phil Kallberg
Feb 11
Deconditioning Naturalism: Rational Responsibility, Normativity, and the Soul
A Note to the Reader What follows are my original speaking notes from a panel discussion at the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) regional meeting in Georgia (March, 2026). I had the privilege of joining Joshua Ryan Farris and Chad McIntosh to engage Farris’s work in Deconditioning Naturalism , especially his arguments regarding consciousness, the soul, and the limits of a purely naturalistic framework. In my portion of the panel, I zeroed in on a specific pressure poin
Dr. Tim Stratton
Apr 8
A Friendly Response to Philosophically Minded Latter-day Saints: On Creation, Hell, and the Limits of the “Creation Dilemma”
While leading a recent MAVEN immersive experience in Utah, I had the pleasure of meeting a few philosophically inclined young men from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To be candid, that was a breath of fresh air. This is because far too often, conversations between Christians and Latter-day Saints remain at a surface level—talking past one another rather than reasoning together (Isaiah 1:18). But these young men were different. They were thoughtful, sharp, a
Dr. Tim Stratton
Apr 1
What a Paradox is, and is Not, and Why it Matters
I was inspired to write this one after watching this video “The Andromeda Paradox Even Confuses Physicists.” ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Rx6ePSFdk ). You can watch the video for a longer explanation, but the gist is that relativity and the speed of light cause something odd. If you are standing still while I am running past you, and we both observe the Andromeda Galaxy while I pass you, we will observe it in different states. Andromeda is about 1.5 million light years
Phil Kallberg
Mar 27
The Horrors of Euthanasia and the Problem of Suffering
Today, March 26, a young woman by the name of Noelia Castillo Ramos is being euthanized in Spain. [1] Unfortunately, this is nothing new in our Western society. Medically assisted suicide has been legal in Canada for almost 10 years. [2] Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United States—yes, even the USA in some states—have legalized medically assisted suicide to some
Thomas Moller
Mar 26
Salvation by Allegiance? Responding to the Gospel
In past articles, we looked at what the Gospel is and what it accomplishes at the cosmic level. We cannot stop there; however, we need to understand how we ought to respond to the Gospel. For if we do not respond to the Gospel correctly, we are lost and have no hope. To recap, the Gospel is: That Jesus the King came in the flesh, lived a perfect life, was crucified, died, was buried, resurrected, ascended, is now on the throne, and will judge the world in the next age. The ul
Thomas Moller
Mar 13
Epistemic Privilege and the Grounding Objection to Molinism
It can be useful to consider the full force of objections and problems. I.e. suppose that an objection you are considering is right and unanswerable, then what follows from that? So one of the most common technical objections to Molinism is the grounding problem. Loosely speaking the idea is that all truths require a “ground” or foundation that makes them true, counterfactuals have no such ground, therefore counterfactuals cannot be true and so Molinism is not true. Molinists
Phil Kallberg
Mar 11
Seemingly Pointless Suffering
I’ve written three articles on dealing with seemingly pointless suffering and made videos on all of them. So this ultra brief article exists to allow you to access all of them in a convenient way. In the event that I add more articles and/or videos to this list I will update it. Seemingly Pointless Suffering: We Can Know How, not Why: But we really want to know Why Part 1. https://www.freethinkingministries.com/post/dealing-with-seemingly-pointless-suffering-part-1 Video:...
Phil Kallberg
Mar 11
Why Christians Should Support Israel — But Not Blindly
There is a lot of talk about Israel right now. Some Christians believe supporting Israel is a biblical obligation. Others think modern Israel has no theological significance whatsoever. Some defend every Israeli policy reflexively. Others treat Israel as uniquely illegitimate among the nations. Both extremes miss something important. Christians should support Israel — but not blindly. Before explaining why biblically, morally, and geopolitically, let me say this: I have spent
Dr. Tim Stratton
Feb 26
Arguing from the Extremes
There is a very common type of fallacious reasoning that I have termed arguing from the extremes. Once you see this, you’ll notice that it’s everywhere in our society and especially political discourse. Roughly speaking it’s the idea that one or an extremely small number of counter examples disproves a whole theory. This is simply not how to do good reasoning. If you see x follow y 1,000 times you will rightly conclude that there is some type of causal link between x and
Phil Kallberg
Feb 25
What a Straw Man Argument is and What is Not.
I’m inspired to write this both for the accusations of “straw manning” that came from Tim's and my essay at the 2025 EPS, and due to examples that I have seen. While no one accused me of this directly (all the interactions I had with people in relation to the essay were positive, even when they were pushing back), I heard through the grapevine that some people were complaining that Tim and I were straw manning Calvinists and other divine determinists. Additionally, I did see
Phil Kallberg
Feb 11
Deconditioning Naturalism: Rational Responsibility, Normativity, and the Soul
A Note to the Reader What follows are my original speaking notes from a panel discussion at the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) regional meeting in Georgia (March, 2026). I had the privilege of joining Joshua Ryan Farris and Chad McIntosh to engage Farris’s work in Deconditioning Naturalism , especially his arguments regarding consciousness, the soul, and the limits of a purely naturalistic framework. In my portion of the panel, I zeroed in on a specific pressure poin
Dr. Tim Stratton
Apr 8
A Friendly Response to Philosophically Minded Latter-day Saints: On Creation, Hell, and the Limits of the “Creation Dilemma”
While leading a recent MAVEN immersive experience in Utah, I had the pleasure of meeting a few philosophically inclined young men from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To be candid, that was a breath of fresh air. This is because far too often, conversations between Christians and Latter-day Saints remain at a surface level—talking past one another rather than reasoning together (Isaiah 1:18). But these young men were different. They were thoughtful, sharp, a
Dr. Tim Stratton
Apr 1
What a Paradox is, and is Not, and Why it Matters
I was inspired to write this one after watching this video “The Andromeda Paradox Even Confuses Physicists.” ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Rx6ePSFdk ). You can watch the video for a longer explanation, but the gist is that relativity and the speed of light cause something odd. If you are standing still while I am running past you, and we both observe the Andromeda Galaxy while I pass you, we will observe it in different states. Andromeda is about 1.5 million light years
Phil Kallberg
Mar 27
The Horrors of Euthanasia and the Problem of Suffering
Today, March 26, a young woman by the name of Noelia Castillo Ramos is being euthanized in Spain. [1] Unfortunately, this is nothing new in our Western society. Medically assisted suicide has been legal in Canada for almost 10 years. [2] Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United States—yes, even the USA in some states—have legalized medically assisted suicide to some
Thomas Moller
Mar 26
Salvation by Allegiance? Responding to the Gospel
In past articles, we looked at what the Gospel is and what it accomplishes at the cosmic level. We cannot stop there; however, we need to understand how we ought to respond to the Gospel. For if we do not respond to the Gospel correctly, we are lost and have no hope. To recap, the Gospel is: That Jesus the King came in the flesh, lived a perfect life, was crucified, died, was buried, resurrected, ascended, is now on the throne, and will judge the world in the next age. The ul
Thomas Moller
Mar 13
Epistemic Privilege and the Grounding Objection to Molinism
It can be useful to consider the full force of objections and problems. I.e. suppose that an objection you are considering is right and unanswerable, then what follows from that? So one of the most common technical objections to Molinism is the grounding problem. Loosely speaking the idea is that all truths require a “ground” or foundation that makes them true, counterfactuals have no such ground, therefore counterfactuals cannot be true and so Molinism is not true. Molinists
Phil Kallberg
Mar 11
Seemingly Pointless Suffering
I’ve written three articles on dealing with seemingly pointless suffering and made videos on all of them. So this ultra brief article exists to allow you to access all of them in a convenient way. In the event that I add more articles and/or videos to this list I will update it. Seemingly Pointless Suffering: We Can Know How, not Why: But we really want to know Why Part 1. https://www.freethinkingministries.com/post/dealing-with-seemingly-pointless-suffering-part-1 Video:...
Phil Kallberg
Mar 11
Why Christians Should Support Israel — But Not Blindly
There is a lot of talk about Israel right now. Some Christians believe supporting Israel is a biblical obligation. Others think modern Israel has no theological significance whatsoever. Some defend every Israeli policy reflexively. Others treat Israel as uniquely illegitimate among the nations. Both extremes miss something important. Christians should support Israel — but not blindly. Before explaining why biblically, morally, and geopolitically, let me say this: I have spent
Dr. Tim Stratton
Feb 26
Arguing from the Extremes
There is a very common type of fallacious reasoning that I have termed arguing from the extremes. Once you see this, you’ll notice that it’s everywhere in our society and especially political discourse. Roughly speaking it’s the idea that one or an extremely small number of counter examples disproves a whole theory. This is simply not how to do good reasoning. If you see x follow y 1,000 times you will rightly conclude that there is some type of causal link between x and
Phil Kallberg
Feb 25
What a Straw Man Argument is and What is Not.
I’m inspired to write this both for the accusations of “straw manning” that came from Tim's and my essay at the 2025 EPS, and due to examples that I have seen. While no one accused me of this directly (all the interactions I had with people in relation to the essay were positive, even when they were pushing back), I heard through the grapevine that some people were complaining that Tim and I were straw manning Calvinists and other divine determinists. Additionally, I did see
Phil Kallberg
Feb 11
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