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Philosopher

Greg L. Bahnsen was a renowned philosopher known for his contributions to Christian philosophy and theology. Born on September 17, 1948, and passing away on December 11, 1995, Bahnsen's philosophical thought was deeply influenced by the Christian worldview. He was known for his clear logic and powerful arguments.

Famous Greg L. Bahnsen Quotes

“If vou choose the airline of autonomy you're going to have to end up where you don't want to be, illogical, immoral, unfree with no dignity. And at that point the choice is between life and death. Spiritual life and death, moral life and death, intellectual life and death.”

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Author:Greg L. Bahnsen

“The believer and the unbeliever recognize two different final standards for living including that aspect of living known as thinking, reasoning, and arguing. They are divided by their ultimate commitments, either to Christ or to some other authority (usually themselves).”

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Author:Greg L. Bahnsen

“A person cannot have it both ways regarding his final standard or ultimate reference point. He presupposes and reasons either according to the authority of God or according to some other authority. Attempting to be neutral about God's ultimate authority in determining what we know is a result of a bad attitude toward God's ultimate authority. It is a way of saying that one does not really need the work of Christ to save him in his reasoning.”

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Author:Greg L. Bahnsen

“With its continued dismissal of the law of God in ethics, Fundamentalism expressed both a "spiritualized" form of situational ethics and a "Christianly submissive" statism.”

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Book:Theonomy in Christian Ethics

Source: Theonomy in Christian Ethics

About the Author

Born: September 17, 1948
Died: December 11, 1995
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 30

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By This Standard: The Authority of God's Law TodayRelated source material

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