Dr. Greg Bahnsen, a notable defender of TAG, became known as "the man atheists fear most" due to Michael Martin's cancellation of their scheduled debate.[1]

Transcendental argument for the existence of God (TAG) is an argument for the existence of God which teaches that morality, science, and logic would be meaningless if there wasn't a God (see external link section below).[2]

Michael Martin came up with an argument called Transcendental argument for the non-existence of God (TANG) in which he unsuccessfully tried to counter the transcendental argument for the existence of God. Martin was criticized by the defenders of TAG for pulling out his 1994 scheduled debate with Dr. Greg Bahnsen (See: Press release concerning Michael Martin pulling out of Martin-Bahnsen debate and Greg Bahnsen and debate).[3]

Martin released his TANG argument in 1996 after Greg Bahnsen died in 1995.

## Contents

* 1 See also
* 2 External links
* 2.1 Transcendental argument for the existence of God
* 2.1.1 Video on the Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God =
* 2.1.2 Debates on the transcendental argument for the existence of God
* 3 Notes

## See also[edit]

* Atheism and presuppositional apologetics
* Logical arguments for the existence of God
* Atheism and logic
* Atheism and irrationality
* Atheism and knowledge
* Atheists and unreasonableness
* Rebuttals to atheist arguments

## External links[edit]

### Transcendental argument for the existence of God[edit]

* What is the transcendental argument for the existence of God?
* Responses to Atheist Philosopher, Michael Martin
* Naturalism Defeated A recent transcendental argument by Alvin Plantinga.
* Derrida, Van Til and the Metaphysics of Postmodernism An appraisal of Postmodernism, specifically Deconstruction, in light of Van Til by Jacob Gabriel Hale.
* The Transcendental Argument for God's Existence by Michael Butler.
* The Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God by Matt Slick at CARM

#### Video on the Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God =[edit]

* Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God

#### Debates on the transcendental argument for the existence of God[edit]

* "The Great Debate: Does God Exist?" or The Great Debate: Does God Exist? (YouTube video) - Dr. Greg Bahnsen versus Dr. Gordon Stein - Audio of a formal debate between Christian Greg Bahnsen and skeptic Gordon Stein at the University of California, Irvine.
* The Martin-Frame Debate A written debate between skeptic Michael Martin and Christian John Frame on the transcendental argument for the existence of God.
* "Is Non-Christian Thought Futile?" A written debate between Christian Doug Jones and skeptics Keith Parsons and Michael Martin in Antithesis magazine (vol. 2, no. 4).

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ Pushing the Antithesis on Greg Bahnsen
2. ↑ What is the transcendental argument for the existence of God?
3. ↑ The Great Debate: Greg Bahnsen vs Gordon Stein