Reddit reviews Christian Apologetics

I would start with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9_o7NGTkJc

and/or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JEFy-ZtEzg

That's Spike Psarris. For all I know, he may not even know the philosophy behind presuppostionalism. If so then he is just doing it organically. He just takes naturalistic observations and carries them to their logical conclusions.

If that floats your boat then I would go one of two ways:

You could check out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOY4LNRMd8

for the more pedestrian version of presuppostitionalism... Or you could go all in and check out

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Apologetics-Cornelius-Van-Til/dp/0875525113

for the more ivory tower intellectual variety.

The choice is yours between those two. It's just whatever fits your personality better.

If you want a good history of philosophy with responses to basically everybody, Fr. Frederick Copleston's A History of Philosophy is pretty good.

Here's the first volume: https://www.amazon.com/History-Philosophy-Vol-Pre-Socratics-Plotinus/dp/0385468431/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1543579301&sr=8-4&keywords=frederick+copleston

Edward Feser deals with both the New Atheists, Enlightenment thinkers, and Old Atheists in The Last Superstition, Aquinas, and Neo-Scholastic Essays. Fr. Garrigou Lagrange's Reality is also worth it.

The Last Superstition: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Superstition-Refutation-New-Atheism-ebook/dp/B00D40EGCQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543579343&sr=8-1&keywords=the+last+superstition

Aquinas: https://www.amazon.com/Aquinas-Beginners-Guide-Edward-Feser/dp/1851686908/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1543579366&sr=8-6

Neo-Scholastic Essays: https://www.amazon.com/Neo-Scholastic-Essays-Edward-Feser/dp/1587315580/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1543579366&sr=8-5&keywords=edward+feser

Reality: https://www.amazon.com/Reality-Synthesis-Reginald-Garrigou-Lagrange-P/dp/1477582401/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543579439&sr=8-1&keywords=reality+garrigou-lagrange

Honestly, I tend to think Van Til's Presuppositionalism is a better system than a lot of Catholic philosophy. His book Christian Apologetics is probably his easiest to read, though I'll admit I've had more access to his ideas from his defenders than his actual writing: https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Apologetics-Cornelius-Van-Til/dp/0875525113/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543579550&sr=8-1&keywords=christian+apologetics+van+til

In a less theologically charged but similar category are Alvin Plantinga's Where the Conflict Really Lies and Warranted Christian Belief: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Conflict-Really-Lies-Naturalism-ebook/dp/B005X3SAHY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543579615&sr=8-1&keywords=where+the+conflict+really+lies+science%2C+religion%2C+and+naturalism

https://www.amazon.com/Warranted-Christian-Belief-Alvin-Plantinga-ebook/dp/B0059EQ4DY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543579634&sr=8-1&keywords=warranted+christian+belief

I would start with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9_o7NGTkJc

and/or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JEFy-ZtEzg

That's Spike Psarris. For all I know, he may not even know the philosophy behind presuppostionalism. If so then he is just doing it organically. He just takes naturalistic observations and carries them to their logical conclusions.

If that floats your boat then I would go one of two ways:

You could check out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOY4LNRMd8

for the more pedestrian version of presuppostitionalism... Or you could go all in and check out

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Apologetics-Cornelius-Van-Til/dp/0875525113

for the more ivory tower intellectual variety.

The choice is yours between those two. It's just whatever fits your personality better.

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