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The main concern appears to be the need perceived to address the truth question of the Christian faith, given that Plantinga used this question only as a condition and assumption in his model. This leads critics to question Plantinga’s treatment of the role of arguments based on evidence and testimony, and in many cases to a call to give such arguments a more prominent place. This approach, however, inevitably questions the properly basic nature of theistic and Christian belief and the way it can have warrant. This in turn raises the question whether the formation and maintenance of these beliefs is described adequately by the basic and extended A/C model. This also involves issues concerning the role of the believer and of the church, and the question regarding the strength or assurance of faith.
My own conclusion is that most of the objections raised against Plantinga’s basic                                         perceived in Plantinga’s model are often turned into a critique of Plantinga’s model itself, rather than                           
                                           a field to which Plantinga’s contribution                 
                                    Plantinga’s approach to describe how the Chri                                      and            have pointed to Acts 26:25 as an example where Paul exclaims regarding the gospel: “I am   and rational words.”
Plantinga’s point that arguments are not necessary for the warrant of Christian                                      
                                these events are the climactic fulfilment of God’                                   
        process     faculty                               
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