Biblical Apologetics (Class): Week 5
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Week 5 Content: Tactics by Gregory Koukl
1. Step 1
2. Reversing the Burden of Truth:
- Ask questions…obviously!
- Build a relationship if possible.
- Look for important information.
- Example: Personal story about my friend “John” Joey – After several minutes of discussing God and faith, he finally said, “My dad was a believer, but he acted like an idiot and would go back and forth in the faith, so I don’t believe.”
- That is important information to know because now I can steer the convo in that direction.
- I can also more clarifying questions in order to go deeper and avoid hazards. Instead of preaching, we listen.
- When we remove the ambiguity, we can have a very concise discussion and contrast reality with
- In this method, we have a great first question.
- “What do you mean by that?”
- It's clarifying, it's innocent enough, it’s genuine, and it's simple.
- Example: I believe in evolution. What do you mean by that? Can you clarify what kind since there are different types of evolution?
- Example: Do you take the bible literally? It depends on what you mean by literally. What do you mean by that?
- Example: Abortion is okay because a fetus is a human but not a person. Really? What do you mean by that? What’s the difference?
- This is a punch, block, and counter punch.
- The objective is always to get people to think critically about their positions.
2. Reversing the Burden of Truth:
- The second question: How did you come to that conclusion?
- When someone makes an assertion about an idea or a position, a great question is, how did you come to that conclusion?
- Now, the burden of truth is on your opponent.
- You could then simply ask, “Why do you believe something you have no reason to think is true?”
- Three follow-up questions to consider are:
- Is it possible? Is there any way possible something could happen or exist?
- Is it plausible? Even though something is possible, it doesn’t mean that something is plausible. Is it possible that I would have duck eggs for Dinner? Yes, but not plausible because I hate duck eggs.
- Is it Probable? Is this the best option considering the other options? Scrabble letters falling out of the Scrabble bag making a sentence.
- If you ever get outgunned, simply take back control by raising more questions and asking the person to explain their position in further detail.
- This will by you time so that you may regain control of the conversation. Don’t be afraid to put the burden of truth back on them.
- Further follow-up:
- If someone starts to quote sources or makes a statement from a resource, you can ask, “What specific thing or things about that information led you to agree with their conclusions?
- What are you basing your assumptions on?
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