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Originally Posted by AV1611  Thanks both; are there competeing theories of Presuppositionalism? I know that Clark and Van Til opposed one another. Were they both Presuppositionalists? How does Presuppositionalism help in apologetics? |
I'm still learning, but I think it helps because you begin, like the Bible begins, with the statement that God exists. You don't go into this "neutral zone" that the atheist will try to lure you into...In reality, there is no neutral zone. The second you step out of your zone, you've entered their zone.
It's great because you have the opportunity to force the atheist to be consistent with his presuppositions. You push them to the natural end of their belief system. In doing this with atheists, you can even point out how they borrow morality, logic, etc. from Christian worldview. Atheists can't account for morality, logic, etc. if they stay within the realms of their own worldview.
Ummmm...I'm done. Like I said I'm still learning about it. I hope that some of my babble helps
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