Re: Firmament and the Water above was [asa] Re: Slug

Can anyone tell me what Emmanuel College, Oxford is or was? They gave
Habermas a D.D. in 1987 or thereabouts. I can find no proof of its
existence, even though Iwent to Oxford

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Seely" <PHSeely@msn.com>
To: <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>; <Philtill@aol.com>; "Glenn
Morton" <glennmorton@entouch.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: Firmament and the Water above was [asa] Re: Slug

> Glenn wrote,
>
> <<Paul, you totally missed the point with those examples from astronomy
> using
> words in a certain way. Everytime someone brings up raqiya as an example
> that one can't concord, you guys miss the fact that even modern science
> uses
> words in a way that don't strictly concord, but then you all expect us to
> swallow the hook you lay out for us.>>
>
> Sorry. But other concordists have done silly things like saying the
> firmament is the "matrix of space", so I just thought you were doing the
> same sort of thing.
> Now that I see your real point, I will answer that:
>
> The statements of modern astronomers which use words that could be
> construed as being out of concord with reality must be interpreted within
> the context of modern knowledge. In that context, we know they are not
> saying the sky is really solid. Similarly the statements in Scripture must
> be interpreted within the context of ancient knowledge. In that context,
> we know they ARE saying the sky is really solid.
>
>
> From the slug thread you asked me for a modern book on apologetics. I have
> not kept up with them, but assume they exist. I think William Lane Craig
> has some good literature, but the last apologetics book I read and
> recommend is Gary R. Habermas and Anthony G.N. Flew, Did Jesus Rise From
> the Dead? Terry L. Miethe, editor (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987) It
> is a critical debate on the question "Did Jesus rise from the dead?" that
> took place between world-renowned atheistic philosopher, Dr. Anthony Flew,
> and New Testament scholar and Christian, Dr. Gary Habermas. A panel of
> five philosophers from leading universities judged the outcome. What was
> the conclusion? Four votes for Habermas. None for Flew. And one draw.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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