You might say there are no skeptics in the foxholes of real life. When they have to function in the ordinary world, their skepticism “vanishes like smoke.” They are compelled to act as if they have access to genuine knowledge in a way that their own worldview denies is possible. In short, they must act as if a Christian epistemology is true. Christianity teaches that humans are made in God’s image. Our minds and senses are designed to function in God’s world. Even those who hold to extreme skepticism are forced by the sheer circumstances of life to act as if the biblical view of human
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