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Sye clarifies: atheists are not necessarily liars — they are truth suppressors, which is a psychological phenomenon, not simple conscious deception

Does Presup Apologetics Have a Biblical Foundation? Mike Winger vs Sye Ten Bruggencate 00:35:46 – 00:36:18

Sye corrects a common presuppositionalist mistake

Sye says it is wrong to call atheists liars. Romans 1 says they suppress the truth. Suppression is a psychological mechanism where stronger beliefs can be overridden by weaker ones without straightforward contradiction. Bahnson wrote his doctoral dissertation on the phenomenology of truth suppression and self-deception.

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