Apologetics
Reading Response Post 2
Chapter 3 Apologetics Method: Evaluating Worldviews
People have different views and methodology for using the various apologetic methods. We have to understand that Apologetics is about philosophical engagement. ‘The logic of law’ makes sense for this methodology. If we believe there is exactly one God, there could be no many Gods. This law is the truth and it is true for all religions. “There is no limit on God; it is a virtue” (46). Next, our culture believes in Science. Modern physics said that light behaves both as a wave and particle. But this is a false statement. Next, the ‘law of excluded middle’ tell us that either Jehovah was Lord or not. Jesus states this methodology in Matthew 6:24 ‘no one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money’. Similarly, the law of bivalence tells that the statement is either true or false: not neither true nor false and both true and false (47). Furthermore, some proposed ‘the law of identity’ which states that something is what it is: A=A (48). This is interesting proposal. It implies that something is what it never was.
Apologetics reasoning is important for apologetics. The best method is ‘hypothesis evaluation and verification’ (49). People have taken Christian view as hypothesis. The main reason for hypothesis is that there is living relationship between God and followers. Groothuis presents the arguments for proving this hypothesis weak. Being a Christian, we have to pay close attention to other worldviews. We should unfold the meaning behind Christian hypothesis piece by piece. Groothuis says that plausible worldviews are not necessarily the credible worldviews. He focuses on the creating constructive apologetics in this book. This is very important because apologetics have to defend their faith which is very challenging.
Groothuis tries to clarify the strengths and
Chapter 3 Apologetics Method: Evaluating Worldviews
People have different views and methodology for using the various apologetic methods. We have to understand that Apologetics is about philosophical engagement. ‘The logic of law’ makes sense for this methodology. If we believe there is exactly one God, there could be no many Gods. This law is the truth and it is true for all religions. “There is no limit on God; it is a virtue” (46). Next, our culture believes in Science. Modern physics said that light behaves both as a wave and particle. But this is a false statement. Next, the ‘law of excluded middle’ tell us that either Jehovah was Lord or not. Jesus states this methodology in Matthew 6:24 ‘no one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money’. Similarly, the law of bivalence tells that the statement is either true or false: not neither true nor false and both true and false (47). Furthermore, some proposed ‘the law of identity’ which states that something is what it is: A=A (48). This is interesting proposal. It implies that something is what it never was.
Apologetics reasoning is important for apologetics. The best method is ‘hypothesis evaluation and verification’ (49). People have taken Christian view as hypothesis. The main reason for hypothesis is that there is living relationship between God and followers. Groothuis presents the arguments for proving this hypothesis weak. Being a Christian, we have to pay close attention to other worldviews. We should unfold the meaning behind Christian hypothesis piece by piece. Groothuis says that plausible worldviews are not necessarily the credible worldviews. He focuses on the creating constructive apologetics in this book. This is very important because apologetics have to defend their faith which is very challenging.
Groothuis tries to clarify the strengths and