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8 Post author: Morendil 29 August 2011 05:23AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 29 August 2011 06:07:19AM 2 points [-]

Perhaps it's my own philosophical upbringing coming to rear its ugly head, but Plantinga is practically worthless as a true defense of Christianity. "Basic beliefs" in particular are such an obviously nasty hack, and the resulting epistemological relativism is frightening to behold.

Comment author: zntneo 29 August 2011 07:52:16PM 1 point [-]

Well he does have other arguments such as the evolutionary argument against naturalism but generally he is considered one of the more rigorous of christian philosophers.

oh and btw yea the basic belief argument seems absolutely horrible to me.