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Kristian Apologetics
Kristian Apologetics
Dr. Laldinliana
Apologetics chu enge?
▪ Gk. Apologia (apologeomai atanga lak, speak in return, defend oneself) ref. 1 Peter 3:15
▪ 2nd Century atang khan Kristian rin dan chhanna ang zawngin a lang chho (Rom thu nei
tute leh ringtu ni mai turte tan). Philosopher Celsus-a’n AD 177 velah khan The True
Word (Logos Alēthēs) tih a ziak a, hei hi Kristiante do dalna ziak hmasa ber kan hriat
theih a ni mai awm e. Chu lehkhabu tak chu a bo tawh na a, Isua chu rom sipai Pantera
fapa tih te, a thil mak tihte kha dawi hmang a ni tih te a chuang a. Chumi chhang let tur
chuan Origen-an Contra Celsus (AD 248) velah a ziak a, volume 8 ngawt a ni awm e.
Chungte pawh chu apologetics a ni zel mai.
▪ Politics ang rawng kai deuh te pawhin kristiante puh chhiat an ni ve thin a. AD 401 khan
Rom khawpui chu Goth hovin an rawn suasam chiam mai a. Chu chhiat an tawh chu
Kristian Pathian an biak tak vang leh an sakhaw hlui pathiante an hawi san avang-ah
puh pawl an awm a. Chu puh chhiatna chhang let turin a fapa Marcellinus-a hnena a
tiam ang ngei in, Pathian Khawpui Kristiante chhanna thu ropui The City of God (AD
413-426) St. Augustine of Hippo khan a ziak a ni.
Apologetics kal pui dan thuang 4
▪ Classical: Classical approach ah chuan Pathian a awm ngei a ni tih an sawi chhuak phawt
a, chumi hnuah Isua Pathian Fapa a nih dan, Bible rintlak zia etc. an sawi chhoh zel thin.
▪ Evidential: Evidential approach ah ve thung chuan Pathian thil mak tih hmang in
Kristianna dik zia an sawi chhuak thin. Classical a in hnaih hle a, Isua thawhlehna sawi
chian chhoh hi evidentialist-ho hmanrua pawimawh ber pawl a ni.
▪ Presuppositional: He approach ah hi chuan Kristianna hi thudik awm chhun anih angin
engkim mai hi Bible eng atanga teh tur a ni an ti a, khawvel thlir dan dang (worldview)
famkim lohna koh chhuah chu he approach hian a tum chu a ni.
▪ Reformed Epistemology: Pathian kan rinna hian thu chiang (evidence) emaw hnialkhan
chak tak a mamawh hran lo, Calvin-an a sawi sensus divinatitas/Pathian ngaihna nei sa a
piang kan nih avangin Pathian lam kan hawi lo thei lo. Evidence nei lo pawh ni ila, rinna
hi awmze nei lo ti a paih thlak ngaihna a awm chuang lo tiin he approach tui pui tute
chuan an sawi thin.
Apologetics hmanga Pathian rinna sawi
fiah dan tlanglawn
▪ Thilmak te hian finfiah theihna a neih that thin loh avangin hnawl tur.
Entirnan, tui chunga kal aiin kal a theih loh chhan a that zawk avangin
tui chunga kal a pawm awm loh zawk
▪ ‘Mak’ tlem a piang a pawm awm zawk thin
▪ Thilmak chiang taka hmutu an awm mang loh thin vang
▪ Mi mawl/changkang lo zingah thilmak hi chu a hluar
▪ Sakhaw hrang hrang in thilmak an sawi ve vek si a, sakhaw pakhat dik
bik sawi a theih loh
Chutih laiin....
Carl Sagan chuan thilmak chuan a makna ti chiangtu tha a mamawh a ti a, hei hi a mak
tawk viau lo maw?
Bible-a thil makte pawh hi…
A zirtirten midang hnenah Isua a tho leh angin an sawi a, mi an bum Conspiracy Theory
chiam
A tho leh tak tak Resurrection
Thu hriat theihte (facts)
A R I S E*
Appearance Regenerated lives Incidence of Sufferings Empty tomb
proclamation
M M
Evidentiary Areas (E) Factor P(R) R*2 Evidentiary Area (E) Factor P(R) R*4
50.00% 50.00%
E1: Appearance 2 66.67% E1: Appearance 3 75.00%
E2: Regenerated lives 2 80.00% E2: Regenerated lives 8 96.00%
Hallucination Conspiracy
E3: Incidence of proclamation 3 92.31% E3: Incidence of proclamation 2 97.96%
Theory Theory
E4: Sufferings 3 97.30% E4: Sufferings 9 99.77%
E5: Empty tomb 9 99.69% E5: Empty tomb 9 99.97%
E6: Hume's factor 0.1 97.01% E6: Hume's factor 0.1 99.74%
KA LAWM E!