I had great fun in an evangelical bookshop in Bangor Wales complaining that
they were selling moonie literature.
For once, yes for once, I agree with Glenn!!!!!!
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Morton" <glenn.morton@btinternet.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:41 AM
Subject: Moon proclaims he is messiah! Impact on ID?
> In a move which surely must cause a bit of embarrassment for the ID group,
> Phil Johnson and other ID members, Rev. Sun Myung Moon has proclaimed
"that
> Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha - even God - have told him he is now 'the Savior,
> Messiah and King of Kings of all of humanity!'"
> http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/3641062.htm
>
> This may have some impact on the ID movement but to explain why requires
> some background.
>
> Keith Miller, in Dec. 1999 published a note with Jonathan Well's web
papers
> proclaiming that he was a Moonie. Keith attached a note from Phillip
Johnson
> at the bottom. Johnson acknowledges that he knew Wells is a Moonie but
> frankly expresses a big yawn for that knowledge. I posted a response to
> Keith's note outlining what I viewed as the ID movement's lack of concern
> for Scriptural Christianity.
> http://www.calvin.edu/archive/asa/199912/0024.html.
>
> I also had been having an e-mail conversations with Paul Nelson just
> before Keith's note. Paul had already confirmed to me that Wells was a
> Moonie and a fine fellow. He said that they merely disagreed about
theology.
> I should hope so! But at what point do our attempts to create an
apologetic
> become worthless for our faith?
>
> I think the question for the evangelical supporters of the ID movement and
> the Discovery Institute is: Should we support someone with views like
this?
> Will Nelson and colleagues like Steve Meyer, in light of Moon's
> proclamation that he is the 'King of King for all humanity!" continue to
> encourage evangelical publishers to publish Well's stuff? Wells who now
must
> believe that Sun Myung Moon is the Messiah seems to hold values quite at
> odds with conventional Christianity. It seems to me that ID has become so
> theologically neutral as to be of no value to Christianity.
>
>
>
> glenn
>
> see http://www.glenn.morton.btinternet.co.uk/dmd.htm
> for lots of creation/evolution information
> anthropology/geology/paleontology/theology\
> personal stories of struggle
>
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