[asa] Glenn

For the record, I did have lunch with Glenn Morton last Friday in
Northwest Houston. After 20+ years of debating him, it was a real
pleasure. He is a gentleman and a scholar. Well maybe a gentleman
would not have grabbed the check but I'll forgive him that). <G>

To clarify recent claims made here about Glenn's views:

I asked Glenn if he held to biblical inerrancy. He said that he did
not. Since it was not a sunject either of us found either interesting
or important we spoke of it only briefly.

I asked Glenn if he was a "literalist." He said that he was not. He
suggested the word "historicist" to describe his views on Genesis 1-
11 and in the ensuing discussion that seemed appropriate.

We spoke of many things, (ships and sealing wax and kings) but those
were not pertinent to the above.

He holds that both extremes of Christianity, YEC and my brand (which
holds Gen 1-11 to be non-historical) are driving young Christians who
think for themselves from the faith.

His primary focus these days appears to be on TheologyWeb where he
debates (primarily) atheist arguments. By the way, he reports that
Sarfati (AIG's spokeman) finally stepped over the line too far and
has been banned from the discussions there.

He invited us all to TheologyWeb to join in the discussions.

Burgy

www.burgy.50megs.com

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Received on Mon Jan 22 13:29:47 2007