Was Jonathan Edwards a classical or presuppositional apologist? "God has so ordered that there is nothing whatever that is more manifest to reason than his own being. The evidences of his being are exceeding, plain, direct, obvious, and numerous. The being of a God is not only a thing that is discoverable by reason, by a long train of ratiocination, but the arguments are direct and immediate. There is no need of any long and intricate argumentations to argue the Creator from the creature.
Neither is [there] only one or two or a few things from whence the being of God is discoverable, but everything shows it. . . .
Every time we behold ourselves, look upon our own bodies, or exert any of our bodily powers, and exercise and find the benefit of our sense, or are so much as conscious of any thought in our souls, there is abundant demonstration that we may see of the being of God" (sermon "Practical Atheism," 17:54-55).
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That sounds evidentialist.
"... and furthermore, you're an idiot if you can't see the evidence!"
He is a classic for sure. Excellent quote.
All that is true, even for dead sinners, who suppress the truth.
have a righteous, joyous, and peaceful Lord's day Jonathan. I hope all is going well with you and your family, as you do ministry for our Lord and Friend, Jesus our Messiah.
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