CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS 2

PRE-SUPPOSITIONS OF CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS

Presupposition is the most basic and starting assumption upon which the rest of the subject is built up. The validity of the presuppositions is proving and disproving certain assumption with care. Analyzing helps in later stage of advancement of the subject whereby more information is available and it gives a fruitful result. The test of "consistency" become possible after the given subject is developed to a reasonable degree e.g. Theory of Evolution increase its importance assumption in the complexity of the universe and later explains the interrelations with theory of Probability, informative science, computer technology and etc.
Presupposition is another reason of establishment of different school of thoughts and not according to the "Consistency Test" give way to proponents of bias e.g. one that speak against the Bible, existence of God and historical phenomena has to be explained naturalistically. That is where different presupposition brings division in the Christian apologetics. Hence, we see some of the major presupposition of some groups prominent today like the fundamentalist where their presupposition are Bible alone is the word of God, grace alone basis of salvation, faith means of free gift to salvation and Christ is the only Savior/ Mediator between God and man. Later evangelist a synonym of fundamentalist believes in a little more flexible and loosen manner rejected the strict conservative presupposition slowly neo-evangelicals, liberal, neo-orthodox, Christian mystics, cults, occultist, new ages, New Prajapati, rationalist, humanist and many more just to name a few, goes off tracks or side away from the actual or conservative Christian apologetics.
Christian Apologetics should not be narrow-minded. They have to have diversifies or varieties of subjects or numerous subjects to know in order to handle oppositions. Christian apologetics should confine to all sort of study like:

• Philosophical/Theological Apologetics.
• Historical/Legal Apologetics.
• Rational/Scientific Apologetics.
• Interdisciplinary Apologetics.

With all these branches of study or knowledge, no way can opposition harm or destroy the credibility of Christian faith that one has now as we grow stronger in the Lord standing or holding fast to the knowledge of what He has handled down from the Bible.

NEXT, WHAT IS HISTORICAL APOLOGETICS?

Christian faith is all about history i.e. the historical nature of the Bible. Radicals and atheists know that if the foundation can be destroyed than Christianity automatically crumble down. That is only for decades they used historical basis to deny the Bible legally or historically. Apologetics is the combination of legal and historical reconstruction. Legal apologetics deals with the legal investigation of certain facts or events. This information is collected from available within and to be cross-examined. In the Bible, these events are historical events recorded in the Bible. These events than demonstrate if probably taken place beyond all doubt and to be explained as available data. Historical to Apologetics are connected with legal but historical aspect are important in archaeology i.e. the study of ancient civilization where archaeological discoveries is leads to Bible history took place as the actual incidents or events in legal history. Data techniques determine of the age as what the Bible is written while linguistic studies is important to understand the languages used to understand the meaning of the Biblical text which like to study ancient custom and culture; and the ability to evaluate the accuracy and authenticity of ancient manuscripts. All these can be considered as an application of the legal/historical tools which sees with or insight into history/chronology, culture/customs/manner, languages and reconstructions of the incidents for investigation of biblical histories. Finally, the values of historical investigation is about understanding how Biblical text is produced, preserved and transmitted till today, it is a better appreciation of it reliability of what prophecies that have been recorded. One major opposition that likes to attack Christianity is the historical of Jesus Christ as a dispute issue as He does not exit but many ancient records and manuscripts from great and famous philosophers and king had proven His existence is truly real as how it was mentioned or recorded in the Bible.