354 The Fmidamentals to this definition. How then can Christians who are Higher Critics escape endorsing the presuppositions of the Critics? There is an inner contradiction between the assumptions of their scientific reason and the assumptions of their religious faith. A careful study of the attitude of these mediating t c i r o i n tic s s o , m as ew th h e e y re a o re f w ca h ll i e c d h , t h h a e s y r a e r v e ea v le a d gu a ely sen co se ns o ci f ou co s. ntr T ad h i e c y maintain their attitude by an inconsistency. Thus it is they have many difficulties which they cannot explain. This inner contradiction runs through much of their exegesis and they wonder that evangelical Christians do not accept their views. Already many of them are not quite so sure of their "assured results" as they were. Many evangelical Christians do not accept these views because they can "see through" tl,em. The second line of thinking which led me to reject the Critics' view was a consideration of II. THEIR METHODS At first I was enthusiastic over the method. Now at last w cu e lti h e a s. ve L th e e t i c t or b r e ec r t ea m d e il t y ho g d ra t n h t a e t d w th il a l t in the tim hi e st s o o r l i v ca e l a m ll e d th iffiod has settled many difficulties and will continue to do so, yet the whole question lies in the attitude of mind a man brings to the task. Among the critics their hypothesis is absolute and dominates every attempt to understand the record, shapes every conclusion, arranges and rearranges the facts in its own order, discards what does not fit or reshapes it to fit. The c m r e it n ic t s is m t a o y o d w e e n ll y k t n h o is wn bu t t o t n h e e e i d r t a r n e y at p m r e o n o t f o o f f t i h t. e TO h ld e T us e e st o a f the Redactor is a case in point. This purely imaginary being, unhistorical and unscientific, is brought into requisition at almost every difficulty. It is acknowledged that at times he a so ct n s i i n n te a rp m o a la n t n in e g r w na h m ol e ly s o in f ex G p o l d ic , a c b h le a . ng T in o g a n s a s mum es e a s n u d ch m a ak p i e n r g explanations to suit the purposes of their hypothesis and
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