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> [ “\[The intellect of fallen man\] may be compared to a buzz-saw that is sharp and shining, ready to cut the boards that come to it. Let us say that a carpenter wishes to cut fifty boards for the purpose of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-intellect-of-fallen-man-may-be-compared-to-a-buzz-saw-that-is/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

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> [The picture of fallen man as given in Scripture is that he knows God but does not want to recognize Him as God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-picture-of-fallen-man-as-given-in-scripture-is-that-he-knows-god/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

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## More by Cornelius Van Til

> [The only proof for the existence of God is that without God you couldn't prove anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-only-proof-for-the-existence-of-god-is-that-without-god-you/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [“How shortsighted and how uncultured, then, are the efforts of believers in Christ when they seek for snatches of worldly culture for themselves by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/how-shortsighted-and-how-uncultured-then-are-the-efforts-of-believers/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [ He \[Christ\] came to bring peace, to be sure, but the peace that He came to bring must be built upon the complete destruction… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/he-christ-came-to-bring-peace-to-be-sure-but-the-peace-that-he-came/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [Agnosticism is epistemologically self-contradictory on its own assumptions because its claim to make no assertion about ultimate reality rests upon a most comprehensive assertion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/agnosticism-is-epistemologically-self-contradictory-on-its-own/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [To admit one's own presuppositions and to point out the presuppositions of others is therefore to maintain that all reasoning is, in the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/to-admit-one-s-own-presuppositions-and-to-point-out-the/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [So, as we have our tea, I propose not only to operate on your heart so as to change your will, but also on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/so-as-we-have-our-tea-i-propose-not-only-to-operate-on-your-heart-so/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [ “\[The intellect of fallen man\] may be compared to a buzz-saw that is sharp and shining, ready to cut the boards that come to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-intellect-of-fallen-man-may-be-compared-to-a-buzz-saw-that-is/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [When man thinks in self-conscious submission to the voluntary revelation of the self-sufficient God, he has therewith the only possible ground of certainty for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/when-man-thinks-in-self-conscious-submission-to-the-voluntary/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [Anti-theism presupposes Theism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/anti-theism-presupposes-theism/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [It is not kindness to tell patients that need strong medicine that nothing serious is wrong with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/it-is-not-kindness-to-tell-patients-that-need-strong-medicine-that/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [There are those, of course, who deny that they need any form of authority. They are the popular atheists and agnostics. Such men say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/there-are-those-of-course-who-deny-that-they-need-any-form-of/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [The picture of fallen man as given in Scripture is that he knows God but does not want to recognize Him as God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-picture-of-fallen-man-as-given-in-scripture-is-that-he-knows-god/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [The Bible is authoritative on everything of which it speaks. Moreover, it speaks of everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/the-bible-is-authoritative-on-everything-of-which-it-speaks-moreover/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [“I hold that belief in God is not merely as reasonable as other belief, or even a little or infinitely more probably true than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/i-hold-that-belief-in-god-is-not-merely-as-reasonable-as-other-belief/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

> [I shall not convert you at the end of my argument. I think the argument is sound. I hold that belief in God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelius-van-til/i-shall-not-convert-you-at-the-end-of-my-argument-i-think-the/)

[Cornelius Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelius-van-til/)

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