05-23-2006, 12:26 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Civbert
Quote: Originally posted by paul manata
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Maybe the problem is the definition of paradox. It seems that a paradox is and is not a contradiction for Van Til.
| Remember, Patrick asked for sources.
A paradox *is not* a contradiction for Van Til.
You know that phrase that Clarkians love to rail on? The one that says, "we embrace with passion the apparently contradictory?" Well, what Clarkians do not quote is the sentence before that:
"We shun like poison the idea of the really contradictory."
A paradox, for Van Til, was an *apparent* contradiction, but was never a real one.
| And how do you know when something is an "apparent" contradiction?
| When it appears to be a contradiction, but in fact is not a contradiction after all.
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