Presuppositionalism
| Posted On: 10/22/08 02:19:38 PM |
Age 30, CA |
I am glad you informed people of multiple methods of Apologetics, but I think you did not adequately represent the Presuppositionalist position. It is more about demonstrating the absurdity of the non-believer's world view than it is about "preaching the gospel and letting the Spirit work." Of course, without regeneration the sinner cannot understand the spiritual things in the first place, but presuppostionalism seeks to show a person that they live inconsistently with their own worldview because it is impossible to live by any view other than the true one. To link this form with hyper-calvinists and the other two with hyper-Arminianism was incorrect. You perfectly stated that in the end it depends on what kind of effect that the Fall had on our nature. That will determine which method is best, and I do believe presuppositionalism wins the prize. Good article. God bless.
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Pre-supposing questions
| Posted On: 10/22/08 07:50:13 AM |
Age 48, AR |
It seems that there is another attribute of presuppositional apologetics that you have yet to touch on (but may in your future articles.)
Namely, Presuppositional apologetics asks the question "Can your presuppositions support your world view?"
So, we might ask of the materialist: Can you, begging only with unorganized matter (and you just have to kind of accept that as a possibility) arrive at anything beyond machine?
Where do the laws that govern matter come from? Is it in the nature of matter to self organize, and then to do so along lines of ever increasing complexity? Is that tendency to self organization inherent in the parts or do the parts act in accordance with a larger universal law (and where would such law come from? Is there any such thing as chance, or do all things exists by absolute necessity? Are there any other forces or factors that might shape the formation of the universe apart from chance or necessity?
Are there rules of logic? Can a being which is the product of a mechanistic process, ever hold or create a thought that is not also a part of that mechanistic process? Can man, as machine exercise any form of free will, or are his thoughts also the product of mechanistic necessity? Are all moral sensibilities just declarations of preference? Etc.
A Christian who is a Presuppositionalist, will not only appeal to biblical authority, but will ask those who hold other positions if their world view can account for the things they do affirm.
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