Gordon Clark on G.I. Williamson

"The present theological climate, however, is inimical to clear thinking. Intellectualism is in disgrace. Even such a conservative, orthodox theologian as G.I. Williamson, though he does not deny the section of the Confession just quoted, passes over the matter of deduction in one sentence. He then immediately tries to restrict its application by saying, 'The Mosiac Law, for example, is not expressed by way of abstract principles. Moses declared the law in terms of concrete instances.' This is ridiculous. The Ten Commandments do not include a single concrete case. They forbid all murder: They mention neither Cain nor Lamech. They condemn all adultery: They do not specify any single instance. They prohibit all theft: Rachel's particular example is missing. Of course, Williamson is not consistently opposed to deductive logic. He rather represents those conservative theologians who have not completely escaped the influence of contemporary irrationalism." - Gordon H. Clark, What is Saving Faith?, Pg. 83

Irrationalism crept into the pentecostals camp which in turn crept back into Rome

"By the end of [... World War 1] fundamentalism had moved from its scholarly form as defended by eminent theologians in the famous The Fundamentals and had become a very non-scholarly movement making progress among the less affluent population. My father was certainly among the less affluent population, as were his people; but there was only one member who took up with the new movement. That the Pentecostals accepted the five points of the original fundamentals, namely, the inerrancy of Scripture, the virgin birth, Jesus' miracles, his vicarious atonement and resurrection, admits of no doubt.
But let us remember that the Galatian Judaizers, whom Paul so vigoriously condemned, believed these five points too. What they did not believe was justification by faith alone. Did the early Pentecostals believe it? Do they believe and teach it now? Or is their developed view of tongues inconsistent with the evangelicals' historic position? However it may have been in the 1920's, more recently, beginning at the University of Notre Dame, the Pentecostals have penetrated Romanism and have welcomed numerous Catholics, if not into their assembly halls, certainly into their spiritual fellowship." - Gordon H. Clark, The Holy Spirit, Pg. 84

Irrationalism denies the possibility of truth

"Irrationalism, fostered by such men as Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834), and neo-orthodox theologians, is a form of skepticism. It is antirational and anti-intellectual. Actual truth, say the skeptic, can never be attained; rational attempts to explain the world leave us in despair. Reality cannot be communicated propositionally, it must be grasped 'personally and passionately' (Kierkegaard); truth must be sought in inward experiences, that is, subjectively." - W. Gary Crampton, The Scripturalism of Gordon H. Clark, Pg. 24.