Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas Recent documents in Gary R. Habermas en-us Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:21:43 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/108 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/108 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:49:43 PDT Gary R. Habermas http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/107 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/107 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:49:42 PDT Gary R. Habermas http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/105 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/105 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:49:41 PDT Gary R. Habermas http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/106 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/106 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:49:41 PDT The Enlightenment period was characterized by differing strains of intellectual thought, from which emerged the skeptical philosophy of David Hume (1711-1776). He held that many accepted philosophical and theological beliefs were devoid of epistemological proof and therefore could not be known with certainty to be true. His twofold attack against the inerrancy of Scripture consisted initially of denying the particular evidences in the form of miracles by holding to the superiority of man's experience for the laws of nature. Also, he further posited empirical standards of judgment against the Christian belief in the inspiration of Scripture as a whole. By these specific means, in particular, Hume possibly exercised the greatest influence on the rejection of inerrancy by critical philosophers and theologians of various schools of thought from his time to the present.In spite of the immense influence of his critique, both Hume and those who have generally followed him in these endeavors are refuted on several accounts in their attempts to dismiss either miracles or the inerrancy of Scripture as a whole. In particular, they failed by not ascertaining if there is a God who chose to act in history by temporarily suspending the laws of nature and in written revelation in Scripture. Since both Hume and his followers have failed in their endeavor to dismiss the truthfulness of such beliefs, the possibility of a Christian theistic world view certainly remains. Gary R. Habermas http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/104 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/104 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:49:40 PDT Gary R. Habermas http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/103 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/103 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:49:39 PDT Gary R. Habermas http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/102 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/102 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:24:36 PDT Gary R. Habermas http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/101 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/101 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:24:35 PDT Gary R. Habermas http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/99 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/99 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:24:34 PDT Gary R. Habermas http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/100 http://works.bepress.com/gary_habermas/100 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:24:34 PDT Gary R. Habermas