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On the surface, it looks

On the surface, it looks like he's going for the Transcendental Argument for God (TAG) which starts at the problem of induction, and proceeds into non-sequitur fairly quickly. I think it is a basis for the presuppositionalist position. This was posed formally in these forums by nerd Kelly Tripplehorn, in his "Stanford Challenge" (which was later renamed the "Van Til Challenge" when Stanford asked to be left out of it).

Here's a version of the argument being posed by a washed up musician:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO5mnif4lsg

Here are several videos regarding it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbJxqE5Z1NQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqG_gwEH7Qg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwIEYiknXzU

Here are a couple of videos from todangst on the subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbxbFvaAGuA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-P_6c46wxQ 

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~former Scientologist Greg Barnes

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