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Originally Posted by Davidius  Quote: |
The debate between atheism versus Christianity is not a matter of reason versus faith. As Cornelius Van Til points out in the quote above, the debate is between a worldview in which the non-rational is ultimate (atheism) and a worldview in which the rational is ultimate (Christianity). There is a formal similarity between the two worldviews. Both include an appeal to faith, mystery and spirituality; but these similar words hide a substantial difference between the two—that the atheist is expressing belief in an ultimately non-rational universe when he uses these words, and the Christian is expressing belief in an ultimately rational universe.
| Could someone explain this to me? He keeps saying that Atheism is an appeal to an ultimate irrationality, but doesn't say how (that I can tell). How is the non-rational ultimate for the Atheist? |
I think what he means by irrationality is that the atheist CANNOT explain the origin of ANYTHING. If we keep pressing and digging into the beginning of all things, we have to stop somewhere. That is, something cannot come from nothing. That would be irrational. The atheist's faith in "chance" is really a faith in magic.
Don't know if that helps, but that's how I understand it.