Several asides:
It is difficult to argue appropriately about a topic when there is a
difference in opinion about the *value* placed on the topic.
I frankly don't think too much about the age of the earth. But I
believe that the STARS are OLD. I believe in an "old" universe. So I guess
I am an OUCS. (I've been trying to find a word that begins with an H that
would replace Scientist so I could claim to be an OUCH, which is how the
station manager classified me, I think...)
In Christ,
Ken
At 02:41 PM 2/18/96, Roger wrote:
<some other good points snipped>
>I guess the point I'm trying to make is that it goes both ways. It might be
>that both YECs and OECs are equally remiss in 'overstepping' the bounds of
>'gentlemanly' debate and may, perhaps inadvertently, come across as
>attacking people holding the opposite viewpoint. I wrote a couple/three
>months ago how this is evidence of the success of the Enemy's strategy in
>dividing evangelical Christians and the Church at large.
>
>If Ken Ham, or anyone for that matter, whether YECs or OECs, is seen
>attacking the =person= of someone holding a viewpoint opposite to theirs,
>then someone in the audience, or the person debating them, should rebuke
>them in public! If it occurs in a discussion group such as this one or one
>similar, the same should take place. "Our battle is not with flesh and
>blood but with principalities and powers..."
>
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