The Transcendental Argument for God’s Existence…for Dummies

From the source:

“We cannot prove the existence of beams underneath a floor if by proof we mean that they must be ascertainable in the way that we can see the chairs and tables of the room. But the very idea of a floor as the support of tables and chairs requires the idea of beams that are underneath. But there would be no floor if no beams were underneath. Thus there is absolutely certain proof for the existence of God and the truth of Christian theism. Even non-Christians presuppose its truth while they verbally reject it. They need to presuppose the truth of Christian theism in order to account for their own accomplishments.”[1]

“The only “proof” of the Christian position is that unless its truth is presupposed there is no possibility of proving anything at all.”[2]

[2] Van Til in Jerusalem and Athens, 21.