From: Walter Hicks (wallyshoes@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Nov 06 2003 - 22:03:01 EST
EGO TRIP !!?
Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> Howard, Thank you for writing, but you
> misrepresent me. I have for some 25 years
> attempted to bring these features of the Bible's
> opening words to the attention of others -
> fellow Christians, in particular. Basing my
> expectations on 'normal practice', I believed
> that empirical data of this quality and
> significance would be eagerly grasped and
> propagated by others. Nothing of the kind has
> happened, of course! And I wondered why -
> eventually finding the answer in Gen.8:21, Psalm
> 2 and Jer.17:9. I therefore do no more than
> remind people of what God has said about us
> _all_. What is 'self-serving' and 'arrogant'
> about that? And where is the 'abuse of
> Scripture' that you speak of ? These
> characteristics of the human condition prompted
> the Incarnation, and all that followed. Clearly,
> there was no other way
>
>
Actually, Vernon , there is another way. It starts
with humility instead of arrogance (you should
look up the actual meaning of that word)
Instead of being so pompous and "know it all", You
never even concede that your ideas may be rejected
because.
1.) They may be wrong
2.) You present them too arrogantly (i.e. with
pomposity). Try thinking a bit and then try
presenting your ideas a bit more humbly ------
then people may listen for a while
Walt
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Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
In any consistent theory, there must
exist true but not provable statements.
(Godel's Theorem)
You can only find the truth with logic
If you have already found the truth
without it. (G.K. Chesterton)
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