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From: barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
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Subject: Only two positions? (Was Re: A Fig for 'what's his name')
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Date: Wed, 1-Oct-86 13:07:15 EDT
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From: gkm@ho95e.UUCP (Gary McNees):
>Should I attempt to convince you
>or someone else who is not a Christian of the truth of Christianity,
>I would use an entirely different approach.  It is referred to as a
>presuppositional argument.  If is best presented by a Christian
>named Cornelius Van Till.  In essence, it shows that there are
>really only two positions: the Christian one and the non-Christian
>one.  Next, each position is presupposed as being the truth, and
>tested as to its ability to explain reality.  

	Could you expand on this? Especially the part about
there really only being two positions. I've noticed this as a
hidden premise in some pro-Xian arguments, but I've never seen
it properly defended.

-  From the Crow's Nest  -                      Kenn Barry
                                                NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
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