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Since I'm brand new to this forum, I'm not sure about its past. Do you mean you periodically get "kicked off"?
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No, I asked Rich, the admin, to change my password and keep it hidden so I couldn't post. There were a few reasons for that, but I was never banned or kicked off.
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My point about Hinduism is that many externalist stories can be constructed, but this doesn't tell us which one to believe. Once a non-question begging standard is used, this is a standard from general revelation.
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That may be, but I'm unaware of who has tried to make that point. Certainly not Plantinga. He even admits Reformed Epistemology isn't an apologetic method. Now, of course Clark contributed to _Five Views on Apologetics_, but all that says is that he's a Reformed Epistemologist with a
view on apologetics. Reformed Epistemology may be helpful to
include in an overall apologetic, but it's not an apologetic
per se. So I'm uncertain the target of your Christian/Hindu dialog.
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Before asking "as a Christian how do I show Hinduism to be false," I'm asking "as a human, how do I know which externalist story to believe?" I'm arguing that if the wrong answer to this question has serious consequences, then the answer must be readily knowable.
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I'm unsure why a wrong answer to which
externalist story to believe has bad consequences. Are you saying that if I go with Alston over against Plantinga, then I'll have hell to pay?
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who's asking? A human atheist might not take some evidence as probative while a human Christian might. For example, I wasn't an externalist at one time, yet I was a Christian. So, exegesis of relevant passages
helped me decide.
At any rate, I'm unaware of anyone who thinks you can go to any person whoever and say, "Believe this or I'll beat you over the head with my new 2,000 + page ESV study Bible!"
But when you say: "Before asking "as a Christian how do I show Hinduism to be false," I'm asking "as a human, how do I know which externalist story to believe?", what if one were to say:
Before asking "as a Christian how do I show
dialetheismto be false," I'm asking "as a human, how do I know which
logics story to believe?"