"I feel that the whole of history and civilization would be unintelligible to me if it were not for my belief in God. So true is this, that I propose to argue that unless God is back of everything, you cannot find meaning in anything. I cannot even argue for belief in Him, without already having taken Him for granted. And similarly I contend that you cannot argue against belief in Him unless you also first take Him for granted. Arguing about God’s existence, I hold, is like arguing about air. You may affirm that air exists, and I that it does not. But as we debate the point, we are both breathing air all the time" (Cornelius Van Til, Why I Believe in God, Van Til, C., & Sigward, E. H. 1997. The works of Cornelius Van Til, 1895-1987 [electronic ed.]. Labels Army Co.: New York).
