Theism is the True Worldview

ARGUMENT

Premise 1: If a worldview is true it must be able to account for the preconditions of cognition and intelligibility.

Premise 2: Either the atheistic or the theistic worldview is the true worldview.

Premise 3: The atheistic worldview cannot account for the preconditions of cognition and intelligibility, like:

• The laws of logic.
• The validity of human reasoning.
• The “principle of induction”.
• Truth.
• Knowledge.
• The validity of human sense perception.
• The existence of an external world outside our own consciousness.
• The existence of other minds.
• Our continuing personal identity.
• The reliability of our memory.
• The relationship between the mind and body.
• The reality of cause-and-effect relations.
• The existence of the past.
• The existence of matter.
• The existence of values.
• The existence of morality.

Conclusion 1: Therefore, atheism is not the true worldview.

Conclusion 2: Therefore, theism is the true worldview.