In the beginning...

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That is a very simple, 2 part question, but let me give you a more detailed answer.

When a child, my dad told me that.
When an adolescent, my pastor told me that.
When a high schooler, I told me that.
Now, God has been telling me that all along.

I believed my father because he desires to cultivate excellence in me.
I believed my pastor because he desired the excellent itself.
I believed myself because I understood many sound logical conclusions.
Now I believe God because I'm very slowly becoming more humble.

Slowly. It needs to be faster. Then again, maybe I need some patience too...

You really need to read this...http://home.sylvangate.com/blogs/index.php?itemid=11


It illustrates perfectly what you think you know and why you continue it. I was there once and can recognize it in you.

This explains how presuppositions restrict our ability to know, but it does not explain where the idea came from in the first place. I completely support the idea that the unexamined life is not worth living, but this actually works both ways. The theist and non-theist both rely upon presuppositions. For the large majority of the populous, it is excruciatingly difficult to separate presuppositions in the argument/debate, largely because of the lack of training. However, it can be done, which is why there is possibility for debate. If Christians alone cannot, there shouldn't ever be a debate. If Atheists alone cannot, there shouldn't ever be a debate. I'd like to believe that we're all people and have the potential to remove presuppositions from discussions, thereby changing beliefs.