0:00 Review 1) ARBITRARINESS 2) INCONSISTENCY 3) CONSEQUENCES 4) PRECONDITIONS
0:58 1) ARBITRARINESS (#1234) Sub-Categories: #1 MERE OPINION
1:56 #2 RELATIVISM
2:51 #3 IGNORANT CONJECTURE
4:29 #4 UNARGUED BIAS
6:22 2) INCONSISTENCY
7:43 Forms Of INCONSISTENCY (#1234): #1 LOGICAL FALLACIES #2 REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM #3 ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER #4 PRESUPPOSITIONAL TENSION
12:26 Approaching The Unbeliever’s Presups Regarding METAPHYSICS, EPISTEMOLOGY, & ETHICS (M.E.E.):
13:46 ETHICS…The Unbeliever’s PRESUP TENSION (INCONSISTENCY) To Pleasure Being The Meaning Of Life Yet Takes Issue With The Pleasure Of Others eg Police Brutality…A Tyrant Invading & Oppressing Other Nations, Light Sentences For Rape & Drug Dealing, Bribes, Racial Hatred
16:23 An Illus. Of Tension Within A Person’s View Of How We Know What We Know…(Empiricism)…ASK, COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW YOU CAME TO KNOW THAT WE CAN ONLY KNOW THE THINGS THAT WE OBSERVE?
18:45 ASK, HAVE YOU HAD SOME SENSE EXPERIENCE OF THE TRUTH THAT ALL KNOWLEDGE IS LIMITED TO OBSERVATION?…Crisis In Translation Theory…Literary Deconstructionism
22:08 (PTI) eg METAPHYSICS…Determinism & Its Subdivision Behaviorism…Cheating On The Final Exam Of The Professor Who Holds Such Views
24:58 (PTI) eg EPISTEMOLOGY & METAPHYSICS…A Materialist Using The Non-Material Laws Of LOGIC To Refute What He Thinks Are ILLOGICAL Things In The Bible
27:41 RECAP
27:59 3) CONSEQUENCES…What Are The CONSEQ To An Unbeliever’s Approach To Life?…The Media’s Strawman Portrayal Of Christian Fundamentalists & Unbalanced Reporting Of WORLDVIEW CONSEQ
30:27 Unbeliever’s WV CONSEQ Aren’t Spoken About In The Media…eg The CONSEQ Of Their WV
30:48 Paul Johnson’s book, INTELLECTUALS
32:12 UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY: SOCIOLOGY DEPT-Cultural Relativism (M. Mead)…Using REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM, GLB Applies Mead’s Argument To The Findings Of A Math Teacher…Cont. With MLK, Somalia
34:37 LAW (Thrasymachus)…Legal Theory…Mightier & Rightier
36:25 POLI SCI-Free Elections? Why?
37:21 PSYCHOLOGY-If Man’s Brain Is Nothing More Than Physical Why Should We Trust It? How Can We Perceive & Talk About Non-Physical Things? What’s Self-Consciousness In A Material WV? There’s No Such Thing As Human Dignity In A Material WV
38:56 ECONOMICS-What’s The Justification Of Private Property?
39:30 PHSYICS-What’s The Justification For Believing In The Regularity Of The Universe?
39:39 ENVIRON STUDIES-Why Is It That Human Beings Shouldn’t Abuse Animals? Why Should We Be Held Responsible For The Environ?
39:51 BIOLOGY-What’s The Essence Of Life? Why Does Man Have Any Special Dignity?
40:34 MATH-Why Are The Laws Of Math Applicable To The World In Which We Live?…Physical World? Are Numbers Physical? Are Their Relationships Physical?
41:28 RECAP
41:57 HISTORY-Is There Meaning In History At All? Why Should It Be Studied? What Is It That Make Certain Events Important & Others Not Worth Mentioning? What’s The Nature Of Historical Causality?
43:04 LITERATURE-Deconstructionism Destroys Literary Criticism
44:24 University Summary
47:02 CONSEQ, CULTURE (#12345) #1 ARTISTIC #2 POLITICAL #3 ECONOMIC #4 INTELLECTUAL #5 FAMILY
47:35 #1 ARTISTIC-In Music Composition-A Defiance Of Order, Harmony, & Resolution…Musical Elitists…Visual Art-Content Purposed To Be Offensive In The Name Of Social Liberation (Marquis de Sade)…Snuff Film
50:28 #2 POLITICAL-Self-Serving, Hypocritical, Double Standards, Unprincipled Statism, Increases Theft Through Taxation While Getting Worse At Limiting Crime
53:03 #3 ECONOMIC-Manipulation Of Fiat Money System, Mandatory Union Protection & Minimum Wage Laws, Legalized Theft=Taxation & Inflation, Massive Debt As A Way Of Life, Poor Training Resulting In Inferior Goods & Services
55:33 #4 INTELLECTUAL-Rousseau’s Hypocrisy-Advocate For Childhood Development, Yet, Didn’t Take Care Of His Own
57:02 #5 FAMILY CULTURE-More Than Half Of Marriages In America End In Divorce…Child Molestation…More Than A MILLION Unborn Babies Killed Every Year!…Aids Epidemic
58:32 Consequences Summary
59:51 4) PRECONDITIONS (What Sorts Of Things Would Have To Be True About—M.E.E—In Order For What This Person Is Saying To Make Sense At All?)
1:00:46 Uniformity Of Nature & Miracles
1:02:27 Stein Affirms Christian WV In Order To Generate An Argument Against It
1:04:26 THE PROOF OF GOD’S EXISTENCE IS THAT WITHOUT HIM YOU COULDN’T PROVE ANYTHING
1:05:20 The Unbeliever’s Denial, eg Stein…Checkbook, Laws Of Mathematics—M.E.E.
1:08:48 Van Til
1:09:45 Preconditions Summary & RECAP
1:10:58 Intro To PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
1:12:39 Time Magazine
1:13:46 Is The Believer Or Unbeliever Delusional About GOD?
1:15:04 Genetic Fallacy & Ad Hominem
1:17:30 Projecting GOD
1:18:06 Common Charges Made Against Theism
1:19:04 Charges Are Reversible Back To The Atheist
1:21:43 Summary Of The Tensions Between Theist & Atheist…THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IS A VERY PERSONAL QUESTION (W. James)
1:23:35 Comfort/Discomfort Of Believing In GOD…(Sartre)…GLB Closes
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.
- Practical Apologetics (1 of 5) Arbitrariness
- Practical Apologetics (2 of 5) God, Culture, Precondition
- Practical Apologetics (3 of 5) Evolution
- Practical Apologetics (4 of 5) Evil, Mormonism
- Practical Apologetics (5 of 5) Islam
Hi-Res Checklist Here: https://imgur.com/gallery/mS3KdMU
