I just rejoined this spring after a long, long absence. Those who know me,
know I like a good lively debate but it must have some raw red intellectual
meat. What I see below is mere sneering, lacking any intellectual content
whatsoever. I still think that moderation was not the best way. A warning,
a second warning and then the death penalty (list death) seems more
appropriate to posts like that below. Such things waste time, present no
factual data etc.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
>Behalf Of Jim Eisele
>Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:22 AM
>To: jcannon@jcannon.washjeff.edu
>Cc: asa@calvin.edu
>Subject: Get serious (was Re: Scholasticism...ENOUGH!!!!!)
>
>
>It appears that Joel does not like discussions about the historicity
>of Genesis (which certainly involves science!)
>
>I am assuming (Joel rarely contributes to discussions) that Joel feels
>there is no historicity to Gen 1-11.
>
>Joel, there are Christians who would consider such thinking "heretical."
>I'm one of them.
>
>If the thought of Gen 1-11 being real history makes you so uncomfortable
>that you can't even read e-mails, then maybe you just need to accept that
>the Author of the Bible intended them to be real history. There is a ton
>of backup out there to support that.
>
>And, discussion is absolutely necessary to filter out bad ideas (such
>as Mike's 4,000 years from Adam to Christ :-).
>
>How about contributing to these discussions instead of judging them?
>
>The Bible is pretty clear about the dangers of judging.
>
>There is much more that I could say, but I wouldn't want to waste your
>precious, holier-than thou time.
>
>Disgusted,
>Jim
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