Cave To The Cross Apologetics Patrick And Tony

Fideist Split Scripture & Christianity

In looking at how Fideists approach our 6 apologetics questions, we'll see oddly that Fidiests split Scripture & Christianity as separate from the Word of God & The Christian religion. Also, proof of God comes from knowing God personally.

Timeline:

00:00 - Introduction

01:40 - Fideist Split Scripture & The Word Of God

08:46 - Barth Is To Blame - Of Course

10:19 - Fideist Split Christianity Vs. Christian Religion

12:35 - Kirgedaard On The Explanatory Power Of Christianity

15:24 - Barth On The Uniqueness Of The Scripture's Message

18:12 - Fideist Say To Know God Is To Know God Exists

25:10 - Conclusion











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Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.



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Fideist Faith Is Experience

The final three parts of the apologetic approach of rational Fideists. Here we see for Fideist faith is experience and they don't look fondly at "the Science(TM)" and even less at history as a set of facts. They aren't anti-science or anti-history, they just believe in proper avenues and spheres not mixing over into the others.

Timeline:

00:00 - Introduction

02:07 - Fideist Don't Reject Science But Christianity Goes Beyond "Science(TM)"

07:25 - Fideists Believe Revelation Transcends History

10:15 - How Can You Prove Your Wife?

16:07 - For Fideist Faith Is Experience

18:43 - How To Know You're Not Cheating On Your Wife

19:51 - Star Trek Reference

20:48 - Conclusion











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Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.



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Fideist Issues With Theology & Philosophy

Discussing now the meta-apologetics of Fidesim we focus on three areas of truth, theology, and philosophy. We see that Fideists do engage in apologetics but have big issues with theology and philosophy in the way they are used in the other methods of apologetics. While you might not agree with Fideism outright, or at all, there are some valid arguments to consider in their method.

Timeline:

00:00 - Introduction

03:29 - Fideist Do Engage In Apologetics

06:14 - Fideist Issue With Traditional Apologetics - Knowing Somebody Not Something

14:39 - Fideist Issue With Traditional Apologetics - Nature Of The Object Of Faith

17:10 - 3 Issues Fideist Point To About Why Traditional Apologetics Fails

24:26 - The Fideist Issues With Systematic Theology

30:06 - Fideists Have An Issue With A God Of Philosophers











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Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.



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Historical Fideism

We now move to the historical Fideism of those who would subscribe to the title of Fidist. Søren Kierkegaard, Karl Barth, and Donald Bloesch are the main proponents of the apologetic method that is more to them than "just believe".

Timeline:

00:00 - Introduction

01:38 - Søren Kierkegaard - The Father Of Essentialism

03:17 - Kierkegaard's Challenge To Discover Authentic Christian Faith

07:21 - 4 Types Of Apologetic Arguments Of A Fideism

07:47 - Argument 1 - No Human Author Argument

13:51 - Argument 2 - Argument Of The Incarnation

15:24 - Argument 3 - Argument From Offense

17:29 - Argument 4 - Argument Of The Book As A Whole

20:47 - Karl Barth - The Father Of Neo-Orthodoxy

24:54 - Barth's Christian Apologetics Summarized

28:17 - Donald Bloesch - The Father Of Faith Seeking Understanding

31:40 - Conclusion











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Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.



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Rational Fideism

We open our discussion on the 4th apologetic method with not "just believe" but Rational Fideism. This is one where apologists emphasize faith and we go into what value that adds to the conversation. We also discuss three historical proto-Fideists Tertullian, Martin Luther, and Blaise Pascal.

Timeline:

00:00 - Introduction

03:01 - Can Rational Fideism Be An Apologetic Method?

08:48 - The Historical Roots Of Fideism Apologetics

11:49 - Early Church Proponent Tertullian

15:57 - Not A Rejection Of Logic But Of Syncretism

17:10 - Martin Luther - Reason Falls Short Of Faith

22:20 - Blaise Pascal - More Than A Wager

27:09 - Pascal's Wager Is More Than Just

32:11 - Conclusion











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Faith Has Its Reasons By Kenneth Boa & Robert M. Bowman Jr.



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