From: John Burgeson (burgythree@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Mar 02 2003 - 15:33:13 EST
Iain Strachan wrote:
"(2) Concerning the "fruits". Interestingly, we had a sermon in church where
we heard an example of an Orthodox Jew who was converted to Christianity
just upon reading Matthew Chapter 1. This had much to do with the layout
(the three "14's" of generations), and the fact that 14 is the numerical
value of "David"."
Two comments:
1. "I heard a sermon which said" is perhaps the weakest sort of anecdotal
evidence for anything which touches on matters of this kind. I have heard
more than my share of "Christian" stories, told in church and otherwise,
which were made to appear truthful but were, in fact, simply "lies told for
Jesus' sake." I give the above account a credence fact of -- say -- .00001%.
2. It is interesting to note that the specific text this fanciful account is
based upon is, itself, a rather good example of a logical error (disproving
inerrancy) in scripture. So if the story is true, the person described was
converted by hearing something non-factual. Which could happen, of course;
people testify often to having been converted by ICR's arguments. But it is
a shaky kind of transformation experience, I'd observe.
Burgy
www.burgy.50megs.com
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