10.13.2012

Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, ch. 7

I loved this chapter.  While I am not on board with all of MC's conclusions, I appreciated the great care they showed in presenting Plantinga's reformed epistemology.  This is intellectually heavy-lifting, but I found myself a few steps closer to understanding it.  And, more importantly, I understand some of the common objections.  While extremely valuable for apologetics, one major take-away from this chapter is to encourage people to approach God in a way appropriate to sensing him (vzv Paul Moser).  Also, I think there is much to be said for the argument (Plantinga asserts) that, while uncertain (in the order of Descartes), it is possible that Christianity (or something very much like it) is true AND that we are unjustified in believing in naturalism.  While this may open us to competing claims in other religions, it does not assume the presence of relativism.  For me, that was worth the price of admission!

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