Yes, I too have had the experience of being asked whether I was a Christian
(more precisely, whether the position that I was presenting was a
"Christian" one). However, that occurred when talking with a complete
stranger and not even the one who had made the silly geocentric
pontifications. The responses I have received from closer acquaintances has
been more thoughtful (not without exception though).
Some Christians are willing to swallow allot when it is presented as
"defending" or "proving" the Bible.
Al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Richard Pointer [SMTP:grp1@st-andrews.ac.uk]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 7:35 AM
> To: MccarrickAD@nswccd.navy.mil
> Cc: ASA@calvin.edu
> Subject: Re: A Christian's Responsibility (was: Miller's Request for
> N&V Artic les)
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 MccarrickAD@nswccd.navy.mil wrote:
>
> > My experience is that a good
> > fraction will accept your thoughtful criticism (especially when done in
> > private) and a smaller fraction will actually change or make amends.
>
> My experience when doing this is that they will ask if I really am a
> Christian.
>
> > Some familiar examples: a fifth grade teacher repeated the missing day
> > story about NASA running computer programs backwards, an 8th grade
> teacher
> > and our youth pastor both mentioning that human footprints are found
> within
> > dinosaur prints in Texas, and finally our pastor presenting the story of
> the
> > British sailor swallowed by a whale (I gave him Ted Davis' "Whale of a
> Tale"
> > article that can be found at the ASA website).
>
> A fairly common response I get is that we live by faith rather than sight
> (sight=evidence). These are things we are supposed to accpet "by faith"
>
> Graham.
>
> > Al McCarrick
> >