Although I am Christian, I try not to use the bible too much
when discussing wif non believers. I see it tis way: If I am the
accuse in the court, would the judge trust my testimony if I am the
only witness, only defence got myself? However, when testimonies of
other ppl comes in, wad they say makes better evidence.
No matter how true the bible may be, a non believer of it wil
not be open to the bible defence of itself. But when we use nature
n daily living as explanations n evidences, the non believers can
relate better cos nature n daily living r there for everyone to see
n validate. after seeing from the natural, then I will show tat the
bible also said the same thing but recorded thousands of yrs
ago...
Yhe above though is my own opinions n approach...
Thanks for sharing your approach. Actually that was pretty much my
approach until recent years. I came to the understanding in Acts 17
that Paul reasoned from the Scripturea. Even in his preaching in
Athens Paul spoke about things that were found in the
Scriptures.
Consider the analogy of martial arts. In most Chinese kungfu
movies you would have pugilists claiming that their skills are the
best. How does one prove it to be so except by sparring with
another? Would it make sense for the challenger to say, "Look, you
clamed to be the best but I don't share your belief. Why don't you
set asode your skills and engage me in a fight?" In the same way I
would not set aside the Bible in order to reason with the
nonbeliever. Why grant the presuppositions of the nonbeliever while
setting aside mine? As a weapon I should use my Sword of the Spirit
to demolish and cut down the arguments against the faith,
regardless of whether my opponent has a high regard for it. His
weapon is his human reasoning but mine is divine revelation.
Thus the atheistic worldview would spar against the Biblocal
worldview and I am confident and certain that the Biblical
worldview would prevail. Evidence is certainly important, but
evidence do not speak for itself but must be interpreted. And
interpretation is again influenced by one's worldview.