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Apologetic Methods
If faith need not be blind (a view called fideism) then how can it be supported? Can we test individual facts that prove a worldview (evidentialism, cf. Josh McDowell), or do we have to accept a detailed worldview in its entirety (presuppositionalism, cf. Cornelius Van Til and Greg Bahnsen)? Or, should we prove theism as a worldview then show that Christianity is the right form of theism (classical apologetics, cf. J. P. Moreland)? Can we reason from beliefs that we hold in common with a person of a different view (evidentialism, classical apologetics, and other approaches), or is there no such useful common ground (presuppositionalism)? Can we reason with probabilities (e.g., E. J. Carnell, Gordon Lewis, Ronald Nash, Richard Swinburne, William Craig, J.P. Moreland, John Frame et al.), or not (Van Til, Bahnsen)? What role does experience have? Does a demonstration of our view offer complete certainty or is there always need for faith?
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