that it is impossible to know objective truth. What good is an authoritative Bible if it cannot be objectively known? The third factor is the rise of naturalistic-uniformitarian science, which contends that the laws of nature reign supreme. Those who hold to naturalism see any appeal to supernaturalism as belief in the irrational. The fourth major factor is the study of comparative religions and their presumed contributions to Christianity. The outcome of this approach is pluralism, the view that
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