Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
DESCRIPTION:
In this episode, Ben Watkins sits down to discuss the Van Tillian tradition of presuppositional apologetics often found online along with objective idealism— an epistemological view often associated with Post-Kantians like Hegel, Fichte, and Schelling. Two claims of Van Til are challenged using the resources of objective idealism:
Those two claims are (i) Christianity is a necessary condition to know anything at all and (ii) the Christian and the non-Christian have no neutral ground to resolve their disagreements.
In addition to challenging these claims by appeal to a form of objective idealism, Ben also gives a brief exposition of the argument from divine hiddenness. Contrary to Van Til and other presuppositional apologetics, it is not the case everyone believes God exists. In fact, there are some people who do not believe God exists, and this fact is evidence for atheism over theism.
TIME STAMPS:
00:24 Introduction
00:37 Presuppositional Apologetics
06:06 Objective Idealism Explained
07:32 Subjective Idealism Contrasted
09:09 The Autonomy of Reason Explained
17:11 The Argument from Divine Hiddenness
THE ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE HIDDENNESS (OUR PLAYLIST):
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DESCRIPTION:
In this episode, Ben Watkins sits down to discuss the Van Tillian tradition of presuppositional apologetics often found online along with objective idealism— an epistemological view often associated with Post-Kantians like Hegel, Fichte, and Schelling. Two claims of Van Til are challenged using the resources of objective idealism:
Those two claims are (i) Christianity is a necessary condition to know anything at all and (ii) the Christian and the non-Christian have no neutral ground to resolve their disagreements.
In addition to challenging these claims by appeal to a form of objective idealism, Ben also gives a brief exposition of the argument from divine hiddenness. Contrary to Van Til and other presuppositional apologetics, it is not the case everyone believes God exists. In fact, there are some people who do not believe God exists, and this fact is evidence for atheism over theism.
TIME STAMPS:
00:24 Introduction
00:37 Presuppositional Apologetics
06:06 Objective Idealism Explained
07:32 Subjective Idealism Contrasted
09:09 The Autonomy of Reason Explained
17:11 The Argument from Divine Hiddenness
THE ARGUMENT FROM DIVINE HIDDENNESS (OUR PLAYLIST):
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ru4PSw7gsLuIEkwnyl0DWxdCgnYoFJj
SOCIALS:
Be sure to follow the RA crew at the social media links below:
Website: realatheology.com
tiktok: tiktok.com/RealAtheology
Twitter: twitter.com/RealAtheology
Facebook: facebook.com/RealAtheology
Instagram: instagram.com/realatheology
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Patreon: patreon.com/RealAtheology
