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To: Blogger
Quite to the contrary, the most certain sources of knowledge I possess are the revelations of God the Father in: 1) the Person of Jesus Christ, 2) the Person of the indwelling Holy Spirit, 3) Scriptures and 4) Creation.

The entire revelation is self-consistent!

All other sources of knowledge are subordinate to those. If what I see does not comport with Scripture then the error is my own vision, not His Word. Likewise on reasoning, musings, counsel of other mortals, etc.

If my correspondent values reasoning, physical evidence, sensory perception and the ilk as more certain knowledge than the revelations of God, we have no basis to communicate and therefore debate the reconciliation of the spiritual and physical realms, prophesy, creation, etc.

8,912 posted on 02/04/2007 9:43:19 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

Actually, what you are describing is presuppositionalism. Cornelius Van Til and Gordon Clark are two of the names associated with this view. You presuppose the Bible is true and evaluate the evidence based upon that presupposition. I think Gordon Clark may have become a hyper-Calvinist but that is not related to presuppositionalism. It is just the starting assumption by which all other assumptions are evaluated.


8,923 posted on 02/05/2007 5:28:35 AM PST by Blogger
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