brandonadams
Puritan Board Sophomore
I don't want to derail the thread, but I haven't seen it mentioned yet:
Presuppositional Apologetics has more than one meaning. Van Til's TAG argues that one must presuppose the Christian worldview in order to make sense of it, therefore an attempt to make sense of things proves Christianity true (this is what he means by presuppositional). Clark's presuppositional apologetic argued that everyone starts from a presupposition, an axiom, that cannot be proven (because it is the presupposed starting point), including Christianity (the Bible is true). You can disprove other presuppositions by showing their inconsistency, but that doesn't prove Christianity true. (I think this addresses the original question in this thread). What makes someone believe the Christian axiom is the work of the Holy Spirit.
There is an interesting discussion of this at Bring the Books... right now
Also,
Van Til's Apologetic: Reading and Analysis (a Review)
Presuppositional Apologetics has more than one meaning. Van Til's TAG argues that one must presuppose the Christian worldview in order to make sense of it, therefore an attempt to make sense of things proves Christianity true (this is what he means by presuppositional). Clark's presuppositional apologetic argued that everyone starts from a presupposition, an axiom, that cannot be proven (because it is the presupposed starting point), including Christianity (the Bible is true). You can disprove other presuppositions by showing their inconsistency, but that doesn't prove Christianity true. (I think this addresses the original question in this thread). What makes someone believe the Christian axiom is the work of the Holy Spirit.
There is an interesting discussion of this at Bring the Books... right now
Also,
Van Til's Apologetic: Reading and Analysis (a Review)
