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As I sought to capture the details of "my" beliefs upon the pages of my Doctrinal Position paper, I found myself stupefied by the plethora of possible perspectives on any given topic addressed within my Systematic Theology class; from traducianism to semi-apolonarianism the possibilities are endless. I am struck by theologians diligent resolve to not only hold any given view with such regard so as to author, books and dedicate their lives work to defending their perspective, but to their confident proliferation of didactic literature so as to birth the next generation of Augustinian, traditional-dispensational, psychopannychism, continuationist zealots. It is remarkable to think they defend these nuanced branches of theology with such resolve, in spite of the countless alternatives with equally formidable scriptural support and logical foundation. How one comes to a conclusion on any of these issues is beyond my comprehension. Perhaps, my dedication to truth without compromis...

Why I Believe in God - Rev. Cornelius Van Til  "The debate concerning heredity and environment is prominent in our day. Perhaps you think that the only real reason I have for believing in God is the fact that I was taught to do so in my early days. Of course I don't think that is really so. I don't deny that I was taught to believe in God when I was a child, but I do affirm that since I have grown up I have heard a pretty full statement of the argument against belief in God. And it is after having heard that argument that I am more than ever ready to believe in God. Now, in fact, I feel that the whole of history and civilization would be unintelligible to me if it were not for my belief in God. So true is this, that I propose to argue that unless God is back of everything, you cannot find meaning in anything. I cannot even argue for belief in Him, without already having taken Him for granted. And similarly I contend that you cannot argue against belief in Him unless you a...