RE: Van Tillian/Clarkian Presuppositional Apologetics.
August 19, 2011 at 2:44 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm by DeistPaladin.)
(August 18, 2011 at 7:20 pm)Rhythm Wrote: A conversation from another thread drove me to post this. In the wake of the evidentialist apologetic failures of late, this stuff is making a comeback. In my opinion, this type of approach to christianity is the one that's going to survive. It's the ultimate fingers in the ears defense. The WMD of disagreements. Seems these guys are banking on the success of this tactic in the playgrounds of their youth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presupposit...pologetics
Isn't this kind of begging the question and special pleading just boil down to one word: faith?
(August 19, 2011 at 3:05 am)padraic Wrote: Many of them are the same people who believed "Yes we can!" and who have now gotten their panties all out of focus because they have realised "No we haven't and ain't gonna"
The phrase I would use is "Aw, c'mon guys"
"Yes we can!"
(After the election)
"Aw, c'mon guys"
"No"
"Please?"
"No"
"It's our turn."
"No"
"The voters said we could."
"No"
"Here, we'll be nice to you and concede a bunch of stuff"
"*Grunt* *Pocket*"
"Now, it's time for you to return the favor"
"No"
"Aw, c'mon guys" [...]
And Democrat leaders wonder why we're so demoralized.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
