Background: In response my YouTube video (http://youtu.be/fSWqvGXTgaw)
in which I speculate about the reasons why Presuppositionalists have avoided
debating me, John Laun proclaimed in his comment that he would be willing to
debate. After much back and forth, I gave up my request for an in-person
debate, and agreed to conduct the debate in writing. I established this blog
for the purposes of making our arguments public as they were made, and
encourage readers to comment.
Again, after much back and forth, John selected as his
premise to defend “The Bible is the Word of God and precondition for
intelligibility.” I chose to defend the premise “The Christian God fails
as a precondition for intelligibility.” In addition, John insisted
that I defend a premise that included a connection between knowledge and our
senses, so I agree to defend a second premise “Sense information is required
for knowledge.”
We also agreed that responses from each party would be
posted within 3 days of the opponent’s posting unless special circumstances
prevented this, in which case the opponent would be notified. We have not
limited the number of responses, and either party may terminate the discussion
at will.
Today (April 17, 2013) John informed me that he did not wish
to debate. I’m disappointed, but not surprised. If any other
Presuppositionalist would like to jump into the void please contact me by
e-mail (dc14522@gmail.com). Thanks.
About me:
I am the President of the
Freethinkers of Upstate New York, and I have been an atheist my entire adult
life. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, and
have enjoyed discussing and debating issues including morality, Biblical
authenticity, Presuppositionalism and evolution. Approximately one year ago I was
introduced to Christian Presuppositional Apologetics, and I have written and
given talks on this subject since that time. I have no special training in
philosophy or counter apologetics, but feel that the counter arguments to
Presuppositionalism are easily accessible to the layman, and very compelling. I
am fifty years old and live near Rochester, NY with my fiancé.
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