Encounter with a Presupp

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It would, however, seem preoposterous that, were I a brain in a vat experiencing what I imagine to be reality, I could have written all the great symphonies, created all of Kubrick's work, painted all Renaissance art etc.

Exactly. The 'brain-in-a-vat' position either requires that "you" are an astonishing imaginative genius (despite, I assume, your own sense of not being one) or you are the captive victim of some incredibly elaborate Matrix-style deception. Neither position helps the presuppositionalist in the least. So one of them appealing to solipsism as some sort of gotcha question only betrays how intellectually bankrupt their position really is.

They would have no need to embarrass themselves with such foolishness if the Biblical 'evidence' was half good to begin with. Protestants resorting to bad philosophy is the 'tell' that they really aren't that confident that a cogent case can be made in favor of the Christian historical narrative based on their 'divinely inspired' holy book alone. Hence the apologists' "throw as much shit against the wall and see what sticks" gambit to supply a supposedly cumulative case for their faith.