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Thursday, September 08, 2022
The Two-Way Street Of Religious Discussions
"Whenever a Christian converses with a non-Christian about the truth of the faith, every request of the non-Christian for the proof of Christianity should be met with an equally serious request for proof for the non-Christian's philosophy of life. Otherwise we get the false impression that the Christian worldview is tentative and uncertain, while the more secular worldviews are secure and sure, standing above the need to give a philosophical and historical accounting of themselves. But that is not the case. Many people who demand that Christians produce proof of our claims do not make the same demand upon themselves....If the Christian must produce proof, so must others." (John Piper, Desiring God [Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah Books, 1996], 273-74)
This is so true and a principle needs to always keep in mind when dealing with skeptics etc. What they will find is that the skeptic cannot justify their views with any facts. Its all preference based for them.
ReplyDeleteReading rhetoric that simply takes atheism for granted has always been much more demoralizing than reading any argument for atheism. It also reminds me of the rhetoric surrounding abortion. Pro-abortionists will always start with the assumption that anything besides unfettered access to abortion is a violation of a woman's right...but at no point is a right argued for. It's simply a bedrock fact as far as they're concerned, and once you take their assertion for granted, puts you in a defensive posture.
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