Re: Ben Franklin

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From: "John and Carol Burgeson" <burgytwo@juno.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:46 PM
Subject: Ben Franklin

>>>Franklin was a good experimental physicist (to use anachronistic
> terminology) but no theologian.>\\
................................
> I would amend your statement above to say BF was a poor theologian; he
> did not take the issues seriously enough (he was busy with a few other
> things). He also had a few personality flaws, which come out in the book
> -- but then, we all do.!

I'll accept "poor theologian" as a compromise.

Theology aside, David McCullough's bio of John Adams, with its depiction of
Franklin in Paris during the war,
decreased my respect for him somewhat. Adams saw him as more interested in
being idolized by French intellectuals
than in being involved in the nitty gritty of diplomacy.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Fri Mar 18 12:40:47 2005