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Providence and Presuppositions
One of the easiest areas to spot the truth of the claim that presuppositions determine the way people view evidence is in the discussion of the providence of God.
Last night a friend of mine told me that his wife left her job.
Tonight he told me that his wife had been given a new job out of nowhere!
The new job is by far preferable to the old. For this we thank God. Upon sharing about this with unbelievers, my friend stated that he was “…getting hit up by atheists on why his wife got the job, and that …
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An atheist who gets it…
Well, some of it anyway. I do wish more Christians understood what is set forth in this video.
Greg Bahnsen opened in his debate with Gordon Stein as follows –
It is necessary at the outset of our debate to define our terms; that is always the case. And in particular here, I should make it clear what I mean when I use the term “God”.
I want to specify that I’m arguing particularly in favor of Christian theism, and for it as a unit or system of thought and not for anything like theism in general, and there are …
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Theologians All
A rather humorous exchange between Dr. James White and Dan Barker is posted below. Atheism is just as “religious” as any other system we might typically label a “religion”. There is no such thing as a person who does not believe in God, but there is such a thing as a person who claims to not believe in God. Such a claim requires a great deal of bad theology.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTR6y_HkINM&hl=en&fs=1&]…
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Helping Dawson Recognize a TA
This lengthy (well, at least by my standard) reply is in response to comments Dawson Bethrick and I have traded in response to my post “Dawson’s (Mis)Understanding of TAs” found here
Dawson wrote: I’m not sure why this is so important to you. As I indicated in my original comment, not only does RK not provide an argument for his god’s existence, he does not – from what I can see – provide any argument for the position he’s defending. That was what I was trying to say in response to your claim that his argument is “presuppositional.” If there’s …
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What’s up with the blog?
Please excuse our constant change of face as I try out different blog templates over the next day or so.…
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Dawson’s (Mis)Understanding of TAs
This post is in response to a series of back and forth comments between Dawson Bethrick and myself in the post Missing the Basics below:
BK wrote: “If you are truly uninitiated enough about Presuppositionalism as a method to think it is exclusively used in arguments for the existence of God, then I suggest you go back and do some more reading on the subject.”
Dawson wrote: I never stated that presuppositionalism “is exclusively used in arguments for the existence of God.” I am quite aware of presuppositionalism’s intended aims, its devices, its gimmicks.
The fact that you referenced RK’s …
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The Discussion (Part II) – The Refutation
Continuing on with the conversation I documented below … here is the refutation I provided:
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I want to answer two points in your testimonial – your pragmatic approach to belief in the reliability of senses, and the question of measuring leaps of faith. I will respond to these in reverse order, because you clearly appeal to the former in supporting the latter.
On measuring “leaps”:
In your testimonial you make the claim “your leap however is considerably wider than mine.” There are two points worth mentioning here. First, such a claim implies a standard by which you are evaluating …
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The Discussion (Part I) – The Testimonial
It has been awhile since I have had a chance to post, and so I thought I would take this opportunity to share a portion of a conversation I have been having on a discussion board. Although the discussion has gone on for awhile, and (I hope) will continue to progress, I thought I would post just a portion of my exchange, including my opponent’s “testimonial”.
To give some context to what you are about to read, the testimonial my opponent shares is in response to a challenge by me stated as follows:
Forgive me for rewording your assertions. I …