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Fideism as defined is a view that the religious faith and reason are irreconcilable with each other. Fideists affirm that the Christian truth claims are properly confined by faith alone. Thus, a fideist cannot and should not seek evidence for his religious belief.
Though, fideism has been considered as among approaches, many still expressed their opposition to regard fideism as an apologetic approach. One of whom was Geisler who said that “Fideism defeats itself from the outset” simply because its logic suggests that we should not use reason in matters of religion. How Geisler had come out with this idea is that in either way, Fideist would justify for his belief or otherwise he does not – if he does not justify his belief, then, there’s

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