Gary comments on several recent news items, including a real head-scratcher.
The Christian worldview does not simply differ with the unbelieving worldview at some points, but absolutely conflicts with it across the board on all points. The unbelievers’ “‘epistemology is informed by their ethical hostility to God,’ as Van Til said. Thus, Van Til held that there are no main points, systematically basic principles, or central truths in philosophy where the disagreement between the believer and the unbeliever will not be seen. . . . [T]he antithesis between the thinking of the believer and the thinking of the unbeliever must be systematic and total.”
Therefore, Presuppositional Apologetics requires that you recognize the antithesis between Christianity and all variations of the non-Christian worldview, whether religious or secular. The neutralist perspective plays down the antithesis, and in the process ends up arguing only the probability of the existence of a god—a far cry from Presuppositionalism’s argument for the necessary existence of the God of Scripture.
The antithesis is such that “faith is thus prerequisite for a genuinely rational understanding of anything” and “faith is the necessary foundation or framework for rationality and understanding.” That is something you must understand if you truly want to challenge the unbeliever’s worldview. Unresolvable conflicts exist between the two outlooks on reality, knowledge, and ethics. Consequently, “presuppositional apologetics calls for believers to be steadfast about the antithesis if they would defend the uniqueness, exclusivity, and indispensability of the Christian faith.” Hence, our emphasis on the conflict between Christian and non-Christian worldviews.
Pushing the Antithesis
Pushing the Antithesis consists of twelve chapters that include study questions, an answer key, a glossary of terms, and a comprehensive bibliography. If you want to be equipped to present the truth of the gospel in a compelling way, then Pushing the Antithesis is required reading.
Buy NowGary comments on several news items, including a real head-scratcher where some liberals want to say babies in the womb are citizens, despite the fact that they will argue in other situations that the “fetus” is not actually a human baby. Apparently the mother’s intention is what creates or negates the humanity of what’s in her womb.