RE: A Third Method of Apology

Given the polls which constantly show a large percentage of the American
people still believe in a universe less than 10 kyr, I would say they
are our audience, like it or not.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Murphy [mailto:gmurphy@raex.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 5:50 PM
> To: Glenn Morton; 'ASA'; 'Dick Fischer'
> Subject: Re: A Third Method of Apology
>
>
> > >Why in the world does apologetics have to focus on Genesis 1 - 11?
> >
> > Because of the YECs, that is why. You can claim that it
> shouldn't be
> > so, but regardless of whether or not you are right on that narrow
> > issue, the YECs, make it important to deal with this area in a way
> > that makes sense to them.
>
> Granted - IF our audience is primarily YEC. But in today's
> world that's hardly the only group for which an apologetic is
> needed. & for all the importance of keeping YECs from
> apostasizing when they realize the flaws of that viewpoint
> (as you have emphasized), there are also multi-millions of
> educated non-Christians for whom an apologetic focussed on
> proving the historical accuracy of Genesis simply misses the
> point of their concerns, if it isn't actually counterproductive.
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
>
>
Received on Sun Aug 8 19:31:29 2004