Comments on: Van Til and Textual Criticism http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/12/10/van-til-and-textual-criticism/ Dealing with issues in reformed theology. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:21:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eric Redmond http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/12/10/van-til-and-textual-criticism/#comment-54358 Eric Redmond Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:13:11 +0000 http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/12/10/van-til-and-textual-criticism/#comment-54358 Where can I obtain a copy of Reformed Textual Criticism? I like your site. ECR Where can I obtain a copy of Reformed Textual Criticism?

I like your site.

ECR

]]> By: Nicholas http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/12/10/van-til-and-textual-criticism/#comment-50001 Nicholas Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:00:01 +0000 http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/12/10/van-til-and-textual-criticism/#comment-50001 I can't tell, in reading this blog, whether you yourself have this worry that your citing Silva in order to assuage. I don't think anyone who knows their Van Til would have a worry raised in their mind as to whether they need abandon their interest in textual criticism. It seems like a non-issue from the outset. Why use Silva to calm their fears rather than just referring them back to Van Til's work which they clearly didn't read too closely (if at all) the first time around? More importantly though, it's even false to say (as you said) that - "He found no room for probabilistic reasoning within the Christian epistemology." Look at the statement again. It seems like it would only appear true to such an one as would think that Van Til would be intolerant to textual criticism. Which is why, again, I can't tell where you stand from this blog. The truth of the matter is that Van Til found no room for probabilistic reasoning <i>without</i> the Christian epistemology. See the difference? I can’t tell, in reading this blog, whether you yourself have this worry that your citing Silva in order to assuage. I don’t think anyone who knows their Van Til would have a worry raised in their mind as to whether they need abandon their interest in textual criticism. It seems like a non-issue from the outset. Why use Silva to calm their fears rather than just referring them back to Van Til’s work which they clearly didn’t read too closely (if at all) the first time around?

More importantly though,
it’s even false to say (as you said) that -
“He found no room for probabilistic reasoning within the Christian epistemology.”

Look at the statement again. It seems like it would only appear true to such an one as would think that Van Til would be intolerant to textual criticism. Which is why, again, I can’t tell where you stand from this blog.

The truth of the matter is that Van Til found no room for probabilistic reasoning without the Christian epistemology.

See the difference?

]]> By: John http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/12/10/van-til-and-textual-criticism/#comment-48762 John Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:29:09 +0000 http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/12/10/van-til-and-textual-criticism/#comment-48762 People always say classical apologetics had no place in him system as well, another caricature and erroneous call by his critics. People always say classical apologetics had no place in him system as well, another caricature and erroneous call by his critics.

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