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Thank you so much for the clarification! Truly, I tend to reject labels out-of-hand. LOL!

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.

Actually my starting point is a bit more than the Bible as I define it to be the revelation of God the Father through:

1) the Person of Jesus Christ (getting to know Him personally,)

2) the Person of the indwelling Holy Spirit (yielding to His leading,)

3) the Scriptures and

4) the Creation (both spiritual and physical.)

However, I see all of this as one unified revelation because all four revelations are self-consistent.

That is Truth for me and everything else is a distant second, third, etc. - including sensory perception, reasoning, counsel of mentors, etc.

IMHO, everyone has a starting position whether he realizes it or not. Surely it would help all of us to be aware of our presuppositions.

For instance, some around here seem to elevate Aristotlean logic above revelations of God in certainty and therefore demand that God must be "logical" in their own eyes.

Others seem to put sensory perception first, like doubting Thomas - they are only certain of what they can see, hear, touch, etc.

Still others seem to be more certain of the counsel of their trusted religious leaders.

Perhaps that should be a topic for a Religion Forum research project? Where are you "coming from?" LOLOL!