(December 15, 2012 at 4:59 am)Ryft Wrote: Yes, the Bible is consistent with the world in which we live,
No, it isn't. It contains many factual errors and internal contradictions that make it inconsistent with reality.
(December 15, 2012 at 4:59 am)Ryft Wrote: If you go back to my original response (Post #84) you should observe that "true" was not stipulated as one of the criteria.
Yes, it was. Something is considered to be true if it is consistent with its premises and/or consistent with reality. One of your requirements was "consistent with itself and the world we live in", i.e. true.
(December 15, 2012 at 4:59 am)Ryft Wrote: When it comes to which worldview is true, there is only one contender, Christianity, for it is true necessarily. As per Tegh's request, I said this can be disproved by "the existence of a single non-Christian worldview that is self-attesting, logically coherent, and consistent both with itself and the world in which we live." Without such a worldview in existence there is no other presuppositional framework for determining truth.
First of all, thanks for proving me right. By making a statement like "Christianity is the only worldview that is true necessarily", you've shown that you do presuppose the truth of your own worldview and measure that of others by it. Your previous statement regarding existence of god, angels, demons etc. further proves it.
Secondly, no other? As in, your Christian worldview satisfies your criteria for pre-suppositional framework? Don't be ridiculous. Given the number of bare assertions, self-contradictions, factual and logical errors in the bible (upon which, according to you, your worldview is based), it fails all of the given criteria. In fact, to take your own example, it tells you what is moral but does not account for what morality is. Thus, by your own admission, it isn't even self-attesting but borrows intellectual capital from "without".
And finally, there are many other philosophies and worldviews which do qualify the criteria of being "self-attesting, logically coherent and consistent with itself and the world we live in" - naturalism being the first to come to mind. The only reason you don't accept it is because of your pressuposition of truth of your worldview.
