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Tom,

That was exactly CovenantinBlood's criticism of those behind the "Creation Museum", i.e., their apologetic is "Classical" to at least a large degree and that the purer (biblical) method should be "Presuppositional". BTW.... although VanTil popularized presuppositionalism along with his students, Frame and Bahnsen, he surely didn't invent it. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> To help you understand this rightly, it is akin to "Calvinism" not being an invention of John Calvin, where in fact, he simply put the biblical teaching in a cogent systematized form which later his name was unfortunately affixed by others.

The bottom line is that the "Classical" approach is far less effective in dealing with arguments against biblical truth than is "Presuppositionalism". In fact, one could say it is dishonoring to God for although one may outwardly profess to have a very high view of Scripture, "Classical Apologetics" is inconsistent with it to various degrees. Greg Bahnsen argues effectively on this point in several of his books and other writings.

That's all.... as you were! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/giggle.gif" alt="" />

In His grace,