May 08, 2023

Knowledge And Design – Ep.224 – Apologetics By John Frame – Theistic Argument – Part 3

25 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj6yD-ijEnk

Knowledge And Design

Moving from the moral argument for God to one of knowledge and design takes us further into the traditional theistic arguments. Here, Frame presents the epistemological nature of a source that is personal and allows us to know things. The alternative explanation does not give us any reason to justify knowledge or understand why we should think the world outside of our mind is how the world actually is. From there an actual teleological argument is presented which has taken a backseat in popularity recently because of objections to it. However, Frame says that those objections are actually quite helpful and helps Christians further prove the point that a personal Creator made everything – and we can know it.

Timeline:

00:00 – Introduction

01:50 – The Trouble With Figuring Out How We Can Know Things

05:03 – The Mind And The Universe Must Mirror Each Other

08:06 – The Impersonal Vs. Personal Theory Of Knowledge

14:29 – The Ethical Implications Of Epistemology

15:17 – Metaphysical Arguments For God

16:29 – The Teleological Argument For God

20:59 – Objections To Telelogical Are Actually Productive

24:54 – Conclusion

BOOK LINKS:

Apologetics – A Justification of Christian Belief by John Frame