Hippo
Puritan Board Junior
I have just finished listeneing to the 12 disc series "Defending the christian worldview against all opposition, Series One" by Bahnsen and have found it to be very thought provoking.
What it has convinced me of is the necessity of developing a self consciously Christian world view.
I have alwys found the Reformed position to be by far the most consistently logical Christian position, in some ways the whole basis of Calvinism is logical consistency.
Would I therefore be correct in in understanding that Presupositionalism is largely a Reformed domain, as the total sovereignnty of God is required for the internal critique to be consistent?
Incidently I was half way through the series when I had a conversation something like this at work:
Colleague- do you believe that evolutionary development is random
Me- no
Colleague- but if evolution is not random then it does not work
Me- who says that evolution works
Colleague- but if it does not work then developments will not be random
Me- who says that developments have to be random
Colleague- but if developments are not random evolution does not work
Me- who says that evolution works
Colleague- I think that we have both reached our level of ignorance here
Me- I have not attempted to explain anything, I have just pointed out that your entire position was based on the presupposition that evolution "worked"
Colleague- Well the argument sounded good in the book I was reading
The whole approach is really helpful in just understanding the whole basis for discussion.
What it has convinced me of is the necessity of developing a self consciously Christian world view.
I have alwys found the Reformed position to be by far the most consistently logical Christian position, in some ways the whole basis of Calvinism is logical consistency.
Would I therefore be correct in in understanding that Presupositionalism is largely a Reformed domain, as the total sovereignnty of God is required for the internal critique to be consistent?
Incidently I was half way through the series when I had a conversation something like this at work:
Colleague- do you believe that evolutionary development is random
Me- no
Colleague- but if evolution is not random then it does not work
Me- who says that evolution works
Colleague- but if it does not work then developments will not be random
Me- who says that developments have to be random
Colleague- but if developments are not random evolution does not work
Me- who says that evolution works
Colleague- I think that we have both reached our level of ignorance here
Me- I have not attempted to explain anything, I have just pointed out that your entire position was based on the presupposition that evolution "worked"
Colleague- Well the argument sounded good in the book I was reading
The whole approach is really helpful in just understanding the whole basis for discussion.