Re: Watershed

From: Michael Roberts (topper@robertschirk.u-net.com)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 02:10:54 EDT

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    From: "george murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com>
    To: <vernon.jenkins@virgin.net>
    Cc: "M.B.Roberts" <topper@robertschirk.u-net.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
    Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:30 AM
    Subject: Re: Watershed

    > Vernon Jenkins wrote:
    >
    > > M.B.Roberts wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Vernon
    > > >
    > > > I am sorry but I find your treatment of the Bible misguided and
    > > > offensive. I did once refer your work to the unrude and not unlearned
    > > > and got a ribald response.
    > >
    > > Bearing in mind that I deal only in self-evident truths, I am at a loss
    > > to know why any 'lover of truth' (the Lord's definition of any committed
    > > follower of his) should regard my efforts as 'misguided' and
    > > 'offensive'.
    >
    > Unless you think everybody else on this list is literally a moron
    you
    > cannot seriously mean that the claims you make are "self-evident". &
    unless you
    > think we're all gross hypocrites, you can't attribute our uniform
    rejection of
    > your claims to lack of commitment to the gospel. If you do think that
    we're
    > morons & hypocrites, your time would be better spend trying to persuade
    others.
    > If you don't think that, you might consider a basic criterion for both
    > scientific and theological study enunciated, I think, by Snoopy: "Have
    you ever
    > considered the possibility that you might be wrong?"
    >
    > Shalom,
    >
    > George
    >
    > George L. Murphy
    > http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
    > "The Science-Theology Dialogue"
    >
    >
    >



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