Stein didn’t know what the laws of logic were, knows philosophers don’t agree what they are – but now he’s going to point the finger back at Christians and say they don’t know either. He wants to know how does God think and how do Christians even know that. We Christians have a textbook and meetings every week.

00:00 – Introduction
00:15 – How Does One Know What God Thinks?
04:09 – If You Want A Why Did God Create – Here It Is; But So What?
05:58 – Stein Equivocates On His Terms
10:13 – Stein Doesn’t Think Bahnsen Could Give Laws Of Logic Meaning
12:54 – The Rock Question
15:09 – Conclusion

The Great Debate – Does God Exist? – Edited and Commentary by Joshua Pillows

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Stein has been stymied and this atheist admits he’s trapped when it comes to his inability to justify his use of the laws of logic within the confines of his atheistic materialism worldview. Next week, we’ll look at his attempt to heap that same outcome on Bahnsen and Christianity.

00:00 – Introduction
01:37 – Atheist Can’t Understand Why Christian Wants To Talk About Logic
05:50 – Here’s The Deal
09:05 – The Issue With Falsification – For Atheists
15:30 – The Atheist Doesn’t Want An Explanation For Logic – They Just Want To Be Mad
17:00 – Atheist Admits He’s Trapped By Not Being Able To Explain Logic
18:02 – Conclusion

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A slightly shorter episode due to sickness by the editor but nonetheless still an important part of the Great Debate.

Here, Stein, the atheist admits atheism can’t justify science especially when it comes to induction. This issue that David Hume identified the problem with not having justification that the future will be like the past was identified all the way back during the Enlightenment and those enlightened ones who wanted to shake off God also shook off the justification of the use of science.

00:00 – Introduction
01:19 – How To Deal With Hume’s Issue With Induction
03:40 – Atheists Want To Have Brute Facts Just Because
04:39 – Atheist Admits Atheism Can’t Justify Science
06:29 – Evolution Should Have Us Except Science To Change
09:24 – What Right Do We Have To Assume The Future Will Be Like The Past?
10:53 – Conclusion

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While this is supposed to be Stein’s 2nd cross-examination of Bahnsen, we see Bahnsen causes the atheist to stumble by trying to get him to provide the atheist’s metaphysical basis for anything – here specifically for math and the laws of logic. The Christian has a basis, one that the atheist doesn’t like, but that’s better than nothing or a lack of the ability to provide anything.

00:00 – Introduction
02:09 – Is Math Theistic Or Atheistic
04:30 – Math Is Christian Because It Couldn’t Be Anything Else
06:12 – Delving Further Into This
08:11 – Is No Other Explanation Needed?
09:27 – The Christian’s External Answer That Is Required
11:29 – Unreasonable Demand On The Atheist?
12:31 – How Does An Atheist Justify Non-Material Laws?
14:10 – How Does A Christian Know Logic Reflects The Mind Of God?
19:06 – Atheist Doesn’t Buy, Or Understand
20:34 – Atheists Don’t Desire Metaphysical Proof Of Other Concepts They Agree With

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Finishing up Bahnsen’s attempt to help out his atheist opponent provide justification for his use of logic, we look at logic being shown through experimentation or agreement. And like the good Christian Bahnsen is, he provides a good overview and then sinks the foundation of the atheist to claim any grounding for logic.

00:00 – Introduction
01:47 – Atheist Logic From A Posteriori?
04:07 – Are Laws Of Logic Contingent Under Atheism?
06:29 – Why Do Laws Of Logic Work In Different Areas The Same
07:50 – Atheist Logic Just Linguistic Convention?
09:27 – If So Then They’re Culturally Relative
11:59 – Why Do Atheists Decry Moral Failure Of Christians
13:13 – What Type Does One Give To Back Up Atheistic Materialistic Logic
15:04 – Atheists Steal From Christians To Use Logic
15:45 – Conclusion

The Great Debate – Does God Exist? – Edited and Commentary by Joshua Pillows

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Where Stein has claimed that the laws of logic are only agreed upon but useful, Bahnsen is having a hard time accepting that – because it’s wrong. It’s up to Bahnsen to try and make the case for the atheist metaphysical use of the laws of logic. But it’s also up to Bahnsen to shoot those down too and show the failure of atheistic logic.

00:00 – Introduction
01:57 – A Battle Of Worldviews
05:46 – The Atheist Doesn’t Have Reason To Use Reason
07:10 – The Christian’s Reason For Reason
08:08 – The Laws Of Logic Need A Mind
08:28 – Helpful Remind Of The Laws Of Logic
10:06 – Justifying Truth Of Logic Without Needing To Test It
11:42 – Not Proven Because They’re Used
13:40 – Logic Is More Conceptual Than Empirical
14:31 – Why Logic Can Always Be Used Consistently If They’re Only Agreed Upon
17:12 – If Logic Relies On People Only Why Don’t We Have Different Scholarships
18:49 – To The Library!
21:06 – Conclusion

The Great Debate – Does God Exist? – Edited and Commentary by Joshua Pillows

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