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A Refutation of Lisle's "Refutation" of Dennis (2024)

Dennis, Phillip W. (2024) A Refutation of Lisle's "Refutation" of Dennis (2024). Answers Research Journal, 17: 39. pp. 709-738. ISSN 1937-9056

Abstract

Jason Lisle in his self-published refutation of Dennis (2024) fails to refute. His refutation is yet another rehearsal of his special relativistic thesis built on Reichenbach's conventionalism and an unshakeable faith in the reality of the block universe called spacetime. Lisle also betrays his limited knowledge of the mathematics of relativity by his terminology and by the concepts he entertains in his self-published Physics of Einstein that run afoul of the mathematics of special relativity. These are telltale shibboleths. He betrays his limited knowledge of the philosophical literature regarding eternalism and presentism and shockingly accepts Einstein's metaphysics of the block universe of eternalism with its heretical implications. Lisle's philosophy appears to be driven by his reverential attitude towards Einstein's philosophy of eternalism and his infatuation with time travel that would only be possible in the block universe of four dimensional spacetime. This leads him to interpret the Bible in terms of the authority of Einstein rather than the authority of the Bible which should have led him to reject Einstein's anti-theistic eternalist worldview. I point out that relativity is compatible with presentism which is not heretical. Christians should reject the eternalist spacetime metaphysics of Einstein as adopted by Lisle and embrace the presentist interpretation of relativity.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science (General) > QB Astronomy > QB495 Descriptive astronomy > QB495.2 Stars. Stellar Evolution. Distant Starlight
Q Science (General) > QB Astronomy > QB460 Astrophysics
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2026 23:42
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2026 23:42
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1587

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