Re: [asa] ID, TE, and the culture war--who is the audience?

But the point is that his very rationalistic approach to Christianity goes
hand-in-glove with ID. When you observe how he fits into the "Biiola
School," I think that's impossible to deny. And I think that approach to
faith-and-culture issues and to the faith generally is wrong.

On 4/29/07, Rich Blinne <rich.blinne@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I know that he is pro-ID. But, when he talks in churches such as my own he
> is more involved with promoting critical thinking and here not limited to
> the origins debate.
> On Apr 29, 2007, at 5:23 PM, David Opderbeck wrote:
>
> Rich, check out Groothuis' blog, the "Constructive Curmudgeon,' and I
> think you'll see I'm right. (http://theconstructivecurmudgeon.blogspot.com/
> )
>
> On 4/29/07, Rich Blinne <rich.blinne@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Apr 29, 2007, at 2:07 PM, David Opderbeck wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Here is my take on that, which I admit isn't terribly thorough: The
> > > "Biola School" -- typified by folks, like JP Moreland, Doug Groothius,
> > > and Norm Geisler -- is fundamentally committed to (1) a
> > > reliablist-foundationalist, common sense epistemology; (2)
> > > propositional truth; and (3) a strong form of Biblical inerrancy
> > > derived from (1) and (2).
> > >
> >
> > I've heard Doug Groothuis several times and his "thing" is more the
> > epistemology vs. the origins implication of the epistemology. What he
> > really wants to see particularly in the church setting is better
> > critical thinking skills. Just give him a 2x4 labeled the law of non-
> > contradiction and he will readily whack anybody upside the head with
> > it. While this epistemology is more often associated with ID I don't
> > see this as necessarily so.
> >
>
>
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