Re: Biblical Interpretation Reconsidered

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From: "Josh Bembenek" <jbembe@hotmail.com>
To: <gmurphy@raex.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: Biblical Interpretation Reconsidered

> "I hesitate to suggest this for several reasons, but perhaps it's time to
> discuss the ASA taking an official stance against YEC."
>
> I was perusing the theology web site last night and was directed to the
> following article:
>
> http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/magazines/docs/v25n2_bullet.asp
>
> It appears that their rhetoric is becoming fashionably more advanced and
> appears to address some of the issues many have with them. If they
indeed
> begin to abandon more of the whimsical and far fetched arguments and also
> encourage their 34,000 daily visitors to do so also, this won't hurt
anyone.
> It takes some guts to put out their (for everyone to recognize, not just
> experts) that plenty of their previous arguments were bogus or incorrect.
> The above article almost seems to emphasize the difference between
> philosophy and science. I wonder if they've been reading Van Till or
> others? Regardless, the most effective tool for an untrained layman isn't
> to memorize a series of "science facts" to debate professor so and so. It
> is really to challenge their worldview and get them considering the truth
of
> the cross. Regardless if you believe the earth is young or old, that is a
> secondary issue to Christ, so let's focus on that!

Amen and amen.

Good debate is of great value as well.

Merry Christmas!

Jay Willingham

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Received on Tue Dec 23 10:54:14 2003