Re: On being a noncombatant in the culture wars

No Janice, that won't do. If you want anyone to take you seriously you can't assume that you can make elliptic statements & have everyone else figure out which of your past statements (in this case one 9 days ago) is supposed to explain it.

& your manners really do need some work.

If you want to say something that's germane to the original statement I made (today, not last week or a year ago), fine, let's go at it. If not, let's drop it.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Janice Matchett
  To: George Murphy ; Ted Davis ; asa@lists.calvin.edu
  Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 2:31 PM
  Subject: Re: On being a noncombatant in the culture wars

  At 02:06 PM 3/3/2006, George Murphy wrote:

    An all too typical insult in place of a rational response. My original point was that orthodox Christian teaching often requires avoidance of extremes. You have said nothing at all that connects with that point.

  ### You must have missed it:

  At 04:12 AM 2/22/2006, Oscar Gonzalez wrote:

    Hello all,
      
    I would like your input, can anybody share the program of a course like that? what other topics should be considered? what references should not be avoided? (I am considering several PSCF articles on the topic)

  ### "...what references should not be avoided? "

  In order to ensure that they don't draw ___the wrong conclusions___ from what you plan to teach, you may want to include the biblical teachings about the virtues of temperance, courage, and fortitude, and how the vice of cowardice is a result of an excess of fearfulness.

  For instance, Aristotle examined each particular virtue, starting with courage, which he defined as the appropriate attitude toward fear. Courage does not mean fearlessness, as there are some things, such as shame or brutality toward one's family, which one ought to fear. Rather, courage involves confidence in the face of fear, best exhibited on the battlefield, where men show themselves unafraid to die an honorable death. An excess of fearfulness constitutes the vice of cowardice, and a deficiency constitutes rashness. (Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle)

  Consider having your students read the items I have referenced below, and having them spend lots of time at http://www.junkscience.com/ . In that way, you will be sure that you have presented a _balanced_ program. ~ Janice

  Fear, Complexity, & Environmental Management in the 21st Century
  http://www.michaelcrichton.com/speeches/complexity/complexity.html

  Culture of Fear
  Reason ^ | February 17, 2006 | Ronald Bailey
  Posted on 02/20/2006 2:08:56 PM EST by neverdem
  http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1582266/posts

  ~ Janice ... who knows that "..extremism in defense of liberty is no vice..." :)
Received on Fri Mar 3 15:27:19 2006