How To Argue With The Religious

Summary of Presuppositional Argumentation

“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.”(Proverbs 26:4-5 ESV)

Who is the fool?

The fool is the one who thinks that he can live his own life on his own terms. “The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.”(Psalm 14:1 ESV) “For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools,” (Romans 1:21-22 ESV)

“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself."

Do not answer the fool according to his system. If you accept his presuppositons…worldview and argumentation (there is no God), you become foolish like him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.”(Proverbs 26:4-5 ESV)

Answer a fool by showing his folly.

How To Show A Fool His folly?

1. Take the unbeliever to his logical conclusion. Cannot justify science, morals, and logic. 2. Demonstrate to him the conditions of intelligibility. - Science. God has made this world with uniform properties. - Morals. There is absolute right and wrong. - A sense of “oughtness”.Logic. Means of order and conclusion.

Four General Categories of Non-Christian Theist

1. Major World Religions 2. Revelatory Religions 3. Christian Cults 4. Non-descript Theism “I think there is a god somewhere”