Paul,<br><br>Without getting into the points of the article, I would simply say that evidence ("the facts") will always be interpreted through the lenses of one's core commitments, or presuppositions. Nobody is presuppositionally neutral. If one from the outset disallows for a virgin birth for instance, then such a one will always interpret the evidence of the virgin birth in some other light, unless he is converted to the truth. This is why I believe that the believer should assume the unbeliever's presuppositions for argument sake and then show how he contradicts himself at every turn. Then the apologist should show that the word of God provides the necessary preconditions for intelligible experience. <br><br>The Bible tells us to answer a fool according to his folly, but also to not do so lest we become like him. In answering the fool according to his folly, we assume the unbeliever’s position and try to reduce it to absurdity by showing the inconsistencies and arbitrariness of it. This is often called an “internal critique” because we are to show that the unbeliever’s commitments or presuppositions do not comport with his alleged commitment to atheism… But in another sense we should not answer the fool according to his folly; which is to say, we should not simply grant the tools of reason to the unbeliever (as if such tools comport with the tenets of atheism), without the believer first requiring the unbeliever to make sense of the tools of reason in light of his commitment to atheism. In other words, we ought not allow the unbeliever to use logic unless he can account for logic in light of his commitment to a worldview that simply says that everything is matter in motion. The unbeliever should be required to make such tools (logic, induction, ethics, etc.) comport with his core allegiance to autonomy and unbelief. <br><br>A believe the link below is the most useful article that comes to my mind regarding this matter. I think if anyone printed it out and truly snuggled up with it, he or she would be most blessed indeed.<br><br>Blessings,<br><br>Ron<br><br>http://www.cmfnow.com/articles/PA003.htm<br>
