12 Quotes by Cornelius Van Til


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    I hold that belief in God is not merely as reasonable as other belief, or even a little or infinitely more probably true than other belief; I hold rather that unless you believe in God you can logically believe in nothing else

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    So, as we have our tea, I propose not only to operate on your heart so as to change your will, but also on your eyes so as to change your outlook. But wait a minute. No, I do not propose to operate at all. I myself cannot do anything of the sort. I am just mildly suggesting that you are perhaps dead, and perhaps blind, leaving you to think the matter over for yourself. If an operation is to be performed it must be performed by God Himself.

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    The Bible is authoritative on everything of which it speaks. Moreover, it speaks of everything.

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    Without the interpretation of the universe by man to the glory of God the whole world would be meaningless.

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    The picture of fallen man as given in Scripture is that he knows God but does not want to recognize Him as God.

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    The only proof for the existence of God is that without God you couldn’t prove anything.

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