RE: Van Tillian/Clarkian Presuppositional Apologetics.
September 10, 2011 at 9:20 pm
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2011 at 9:32 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I told you at the outset that I do not accept your premise, nor your definition of logical absolutes as transcendent. I do find more than a little irony in your complaints about an ad hom, considering your "you will of course deny this" song and dance.
Your argument does not attempt to argue for the existence of god, as you yourself have stated. What it does is provide you with a vehicle to degrade others by way of defining concepts in a favorable manner, and refusing to address whether or not those definitions are accurate.
I've said it before, I'll say it again. Philosophical legerdemain in place of intellectual rigor. You could have avoided such unpleasant exchanges by removing the "you will of course deny this" bit from your script. Maybe then I could show you, and your argument, just an ounce more respect. I'm not having a debate with you Ryft, I'm trying to have a discussion with you.
Your argument does not attempt to argue for the existence of god, as you yourself have stated. What it does is provide you with a vehicle to degrade others by way of defining concepts in a favorable manner, and refusing to address whether or not those definitions are accurate.
I've said it before, I'll say it again. Philosophical legerdemain in place of intellectual rigor. You could have avoided such unpleasant exchanges by removing the "you will of course deny this" bit from your script. Maybe then I could show you, and your argument, just an ounce more respect. I'm not having a debate with you Ryft, I'm trying to have a discussion with you.
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