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Old 02-11-2008, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Neopatriarch View Post
I think the presuppositionalist argument would say that unless you accept the bible as true you cannot ultimately make sense out of life, ethics, science, or anything. The proof of scripture then involves assuming that the bible is false and finding out whether or not you can make sense out of life, ethics, science, and etcetera given an antibiblical starting point. There are only two choices. If the antibiblical choice fails, you must accept the biblical one.
This would be Bahnsen/Van Til type presuppositionalism - the TAG (Transcendental Argument for God).
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