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• what is christianity?what is christianity?• doctrinesdoctrines• apologeticsapologetics

truth and knowledge.truth and knowledge.

class 2class 2

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relative truth.relative truth.

relativism.relativism.

all views are equal.all views are equal.

problems with relative truth.problems with relative truth.

contradicts.contradicts.

impossibilities.impossibilities.

absolute truth.absolute truth.

““God is all that ever was and all that will ever be. God is all that ever was and all that will ever be. God is absolute.”God is absolute.”

absolutism.absolutism.

absolute truth continued.absolute truth continued.

narrow minded?narrow minded?

truthtruth knowledgeknowledge

knowledgeknowledge

• beliefbelief• truetrue• justifiedjustified

knowledge = “justified true belief”knowledge = “justified true belief”

types of knowledgetypes of knowledge

• i know i am holding an iphonei know i am holding an iphone• i know how to use an iphonei know how to use an iphone• i know that apple made this i know that apple made this iphoneiphone

intuitionintuition

know-howknow-how

propositional propositional knowledgeknowledge

sources of justificationsources of justification

• intuition (a priori)intuition (a priori)• evidence (a posteriori)evidence (a posteriori)• witness of Holy Spiritwitness of Holy Spirit

witness of the Holy Spiritwitness of the Holy Spirit

1 John 5:6-101 John 5:6-10

And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth. . . . If we receive the testimony of is the truth. . . . If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son. He who believes in the Son witness to his Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Sonthat God has borne to his Son

skepticismskepticism

philosophical viewpoint that we can’t know philosophical viewpoint that we can’t know anythinganything

can we know anything with certainty?can we know anything with certainty?

refuting skepticismrefuting skepticism

why think we need certainty?why think we need certainty?

refuting skepticismrefuting skepticism

we can know some things with certaintywe can know some things with certainty

““cogito ergo sum”cogito ergo sum”

Rene Rene DescartesDescartes

(i think, therefore i am)(i think, therefore i am)

refuting skepticismrefuting skepticism

not the way we really livenot the way we really live

relevance.relevance.

schools.schools.

no matter what.no matter what.

diversity.diversity.

questions?questions?