Cornelius Van Til (Brief PhD Edit)

The Village Church @ Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre Park, Surrey, August 23

Apparently a church camera drone (left), although I satirically thought, as did Dean, that it could be the city spying to make sure the Pastor did not pray as instructed; although he was allowed to freely preach. Why the difference? Perhaps the city is more afraid of a growing Islamic presence and prayers on street corners etcetera than Islamic groups or other religious groups meeting and worshipping in public, which would tend to be more isolated and private in nature. Regardless if there is significant truth to my speculative deduction or not, I do not agree with the civil ruling. If there are concerns with such a group it should be dealt with on a federal immigration level, more so.

I fully admit there is limited to work with as I am not 'Fabio' or like, but here is a demonstration of how photo editing can significantly hide. The brighter left side of my forehead on the photo upper left or my upper right was sunburned at the outdoor church event as the sun was on my right. It was misconstrued by some @ work as a 'rash', so visible after a few seconds of observation.  I played with lighting on this photo as I do with almost all of them, that is all.  This reminds me of a pastor I listen to online that states that Facebook is fake and the photos presented make one look better than they actually do. Well, my photos do not include cut and paste, as implied.

The Vancouver Sun January 31, 2015

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'The Muslim populations of Canada and Metro Vancouver are expected to triple by 2031, according to both Statistics Canada and last week's major Pew Forum report, titled The Future of the Global Muslim Population.'

Note, Surrey is the second most populated city is Metro Vancouver, after Vancouver.

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'But even though the number of Metro Vancouver Muslims is expected to rise to 230,000 in two decades (to six per cent of the population), the city's Islamic community will likely continue to be a highly diverse collection of people hailing from scores of nations.'

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Cornelius Van Til (Brief PhD Edit)

Revelation

Cornelius Van Til explains that Reformed theology presupposes the God that reveals himself. Van Til (1969: 18).

Kant was opposed to speculative views of indefensible rationalism. Blackburn (1996: 206). Cornelius Van Til suggests Kant reasons God is not a law giver to humanity, God cannot reveal himself through nature or human constitution with the image of God. The intellect of human beings makes no positive assertions concerning God. Kant rejects notions of theoretical knowledge of God and, instead, appeals to practical reason and faith. Van Til (1977: 246-247). Plantinga writes that it is suggested by many commentators Kant demonstrated there are insurmountable problems with the idea that the traditional Christian God exists. Plantinga (2000: 7).

Van Til writes that the Reformers reasoned they were listening to Christ directly through the Scriptures as God revealed himself to humanity. Van Til (1977: 246).

BLACKBURN, SIMON (1996)  Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy,  Oxford, Oxford University Press.

KANT, IMMANUEL (1781)(1787)(1998) Critique of Pure Reason, Translated and edited by Paul Guyer and Allen W. Wood, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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KANT, IMMANUEL (1788)(1997) Critique of Practical Reason, Translated by Mary Gregor (ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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VAN TIL, CORNELIUS (1969) A Christian Theory of Knowledge, Nutley, New Jersey, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company.

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