In a message dated 9/29/01 2:22:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
joela@nts.umn.edu writes:
> > We might disagree as to whether his overall impact is positive or
> > negative,
>
> Okay, I'll vote. Positive.
And I would vote Negative, but as Joel pointed out, that isn't the issue.
Maybe we should imagine if it were somebody that all of us on this list
(rather than approximately half of us as in Johnson's case) feel do harm to
the witness of the Gospel. What if Carl Baugh had a stroke? I think most of
us would be relieved if he were silenced somehow. But Scripture seems pretty
clear that we should not wish for or celebrate calamity on even such a
buffoon as Baugh -- instead we should bless and pray for him.
As much as I disagree with Mr. Johnson on some matters, and as much as I wish
he would *voluntarily* be silent rather than pursuing his misguided
anti-evolution crusade, I join with others on this list (everybody but one
person as far as I can tell) in wishing God's comfort and healing for this
brother. And I could use God's healing for that part of me that is tempted
to wish him ill.
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