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Responding to atheists (view source)
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The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Greg Bahnsen]], who was a proponent of [[presuppositional apologetics]], says when having a discussion with unbelievers, challenge their prejudices and presuppositions in order to show the arbitrariness of their assumptions and beliefs.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RBz-zAWoKk Reasoning With Unbelievers - Dr. Greg Bahnsen]</ref> In other words, drill down and ask them why they claim various things are true.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RBz-zAWoKk Reasoning With Unbelievers - Dr. Greg Bahnsen]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and presuppositional apologetics]]
The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Greg Bahnsen]], who was a proponent of [[presuppositional apologetics]], says when having a discussion with unbelievers, challenge their prejudices and presuppositions in order to show the arbitrariness of their assumptions and beliefs.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RBz-zAWoKk Reasoning With Unbelievers - Dr. Greg Bahnsen]</ref> In other words, drill down and ask them why they claim various things are true.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RBz-zAWoKk Reasoning With Unbelievers - Dr. Greg Bahnsen]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and presuppositional apologetics]]
Evan Lenow wrote about the Christian apologist [[Francis Schaeffer]]:
{{Cquote|One key element of Schaeffer’s work that I found especially influential was his apologetic method of “taking the roof off.” Schaeffer argued that a person’s worldview is similar to a house; however, there is only one blueprint that can effectively explain all aspects of life and be lived out consistently—a Christian worldview. All other worldviews are defective in one way or another.
Taking off someone’s roof involves exposing the weaknesses and inconsistencies of his worldview. This is a necessary but dangerous task. When a roof is removed, Schaeffer states that “each man must stand naked and wounded before the truth of what is.” The reality of the world in which we live comes flooding in. Therefore, we must carefully deconstruct the roof so that the house can be rebuilt with truth.
Once the roof is carefully removed and the individual has encountered reality, it is time to reconstruct his house. This is where the transformative power of the gospel comes into play. Schaeffer writes, “The truth that we let in first is not a dogmatic statement of the truth of the Scriptures, but the truth of the external world and the truth of what man himself is. This is what shows him his need. The Scriptures then show him the real nature of his lostness and the answer to it.” No longer must one live according to the course of the world. The true truth of the gospel allows us to see the world as God created it. We recognize the influence of the fall and the impact of sin upon our lives, but the believer now has the Holy Spirit to help him make sense of it all.<ref>[https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/taking-the-roof-off-the-apologetics-of-francis-schaeffer Taking the roof off: The apologetics of Francis Schaeffer]</ref>}}
== Research the matter at hand and have a familiarity with rebuttals to atheism and atheistic arguments ==
== Research the matter at hand and have a familiarity with rebuttals to atheism and atheistic arguments ==