0:00 Opening Remarks: PRACTICAL APOLOGETICS…Answering Specific Detailed Problems & Objections That Are Raised Against The Christian Faith…LEARN THE METHOD, MANEUVERS, & REASONING OF APOLOGETICS
1:43 DEFENDING YOURSELF AGAINST A GUNMAN, The Two Different Ways To Approach Apologetics: Ask Yourself Which Is More Practical To Do, Deal With All The Bullets, Or Disarming The Gunman?…GET THE GUN OUT OF HIS HAND WITH PRESUPP APOLOGETICS!
3:45 What Is The Toughest Argument(s) Against Your Christian Faith?…The Problem Of Evil
5:03 LET’S GET STARTED…How Do We Answer Objections To The Christian Faith?…A Checklist Of Four Things To Be Looking For To Judge Your Opponent’s Argument…FOUR KEY INTELLECTUAL SINS THAT ALL MEN COMMIT:
8:03 1) ASK, IS HE BEING ARBITRARY? (#1234, Foreshadowing Four Different Kinds Of Arbitrariness)
8:19 2) ASK, IS THIS ARGUMENT INCONSISTENT?
8:31 3) ASK, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ARGUMENT? (Judging A Tree By Its Fruit)
8:42 4) ASK, WHAT ARE THE PRECONDITIONS OF THE ARGUMENT?
8:54 The Importance Of Knowing & Mastering The Proper Technique Of Debate…THE FOUR AREAS OF EXAMINATION IN MORE DETAIL:
9:52 ARBITRARY ARGUMENTS…
9:52 #1 OFFERING A MERE OPINION…The Obvious “It’s My Opinion” Scenario…(GLB FRUSTRATINGLY EXPANDS)
16:17 Summary Of ARBITRARY ARGUMENTS
16:54 #2 RELATIVISM (Different Strokes For Different Folks /That’s True For You; It’s Not True For Me/ We All Create Our Own Reality)
17:51 e.g. GLB In Moscow Conference With RELATIVISTS….GLB Makes An Important Point: Religious Freedom Cannot Be Based On Relativism…GLB Uses The Reductio Ad Absurdum Method Of Arguing Against Relativism, e.g. Hitler’s Actions Were Not Wrong Because He Was Only, “Creating His Own Reality.”
21:06 More Examples Against Relativism: The Smorgasbord Approach To Religion; Mr. PotatoHead Approach To Theology; GLB’s Diabetes Diagnosis; At The University
24:14 When Someone Tells You That Truth Is Relative (There’s No Absolute Truth), Ask Them, IS THAT ABSOLUTELY TRUE?…The Ineptness Found In Most College Universities…80% OF THE TIME YOU’RE GOING ENCOUNTER ARBITRARINESS & RELATIVISM, SO BE PREPARED
28:03 [GLB VS. GARY DeMAR]
28:35 #3 IGNORANT CONJECTURE…e.g. People Besmirching The Trustworthiness Of THE HOLY BIBLE…”SURELY SOME MEDIEVAL MONK ALTERED THE TEXT..”
31:39 How To Respond To IC About The Bible
35:54 Textual Criticism (Comparison of a particular text with related materials in order to establish authenticity)…The Bible…The Writings Of Plato…THE BIBLE IS THE BEST-ATTESTED MANUSCRIPT OF ANCIENT HISTORY! …(Sir Frederic Kenyon Quote)
41:36 IC e.g. (No Literary Or Historical Basis For Believing That JESUS Ever Lived)…You Need To Spot The Obvious Prejudice & Conjecture In That Kind Of Remark…THE BIBLE IS A MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEAR EAST
44:38 References To JESUS In Ancient Literature…e.g. The Annals Of Tacitus (Roman Historian) Book 15 Sect, 44. Josephus (Jewish Historian) Antiquities, Book 20 Sect,9. …The Hittites
47:23 H.M. Orlinsky Quote About The Bible …. Time Magazine
48:47 Summary About IC: YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO EXPOSE IT
50:14 #4 UNARGUED BIAS…Unspoken Controlling Assumptions Of The Unbeliever Must Be Scrutinized & Exposed…(An e.g. Of This Is As Follows) “We KNOW That Miracles Are Impossible.”
55:03 How The Believer Should Respond … Miracles & The Uniformity Of Nature… LOGIC: Hasty Generalization … Causal Analysis
58:49 Causal Analysis Of The Past & Future…The Unbeliever Steals From The Christian Worldview To Try To Disprove It (Van Til’s Analogy Of Child Sitting On Their Father’s Lap To Slap His Face)
1:05:23 RECAP OF ARGUMENT CHECKLIST (ARBITRARINESS #1234)
1:06:30 2) THE VARIETIES OF INCONSISTENCY (#1234): #1 LOGICAL FALLACIES; #2 REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM; #3 ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS; #4 PRESUPPOSITIONAL TENSION
1:07:45 GLB’s Encouragement For Believers To Take A Course In LOGIC
1:08:40 #1 AD HOMINEM (Arguing Against The Man Instead Of His Belief) e.g. Christianity Can’t Be True Because Remember THE INQUISITION… A MARXIST, e.g.
1:11:09 #2 REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM (Reducing Your Opponent To Absurdity) (Whatever Implies What’s False, Is Itself False) e.g….CULTURAL RELATIVISM: (William Graham Sumner); (Margaret Mead); (Hitler); (MLK).
1:17:32 INCONSISTENCY Cannot Be Tolerated In An Argument
1:18:33 #3 THE ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS FALLACY (Assert One Thing & Then Live Contrary To Assertion) e.g. (HUMAN DIGNITY) EVOLUTIONISTS FUNERAL ATTENDANCE FOR HUMANS & NOT FOR ANIMALS, INSECTS…SEXUALITY & THE VIETNAM WAR
1:22:46 PREVIEW OF NEXT LECTURE…RECAP
Another series of lectures delivered at a “Life Preparation Conference.” Dr. Bahnsen offered direct answers for specific apologetic problems, beginning with a very helpful “checklist of defects” to look for in the objections used by unbelievers.
- Arbitrariness (1 of 5)
- God, Culture, Precondition (2 of 5)
- Evolution (3 of 5)
- Evil, Mormonism (4 of 5)
- Islam (5 of 5)
Hi-Res Checklist Here: https://imgur.com/gallery/mS3KdMU
