Re: [asa] The Barr quote

It is ludicrous to suggest that Barr's prime motivation was to sell
books. A Regius Professor at Oxford needs neither money nor publicity!
And has David H read any of Barr's books? I have (I own a few) and I
found nothing to support David's opinion.
Don

David Heddle wrote:
>
> In my opinion:
>
> As the letter strongly hints and as subsequent research easily shows, Barr
> is a strong critic of biblical inerrancy. Why is that relevant? *Because
> Barr wanted to sell books.* Barr, is in effect, (again, my opinion) using
> YECs as (in his mind) useful idiots. He wants the YEC view to be the
> *only *reasonable
> interpretation of Genesis so that he can disprove biblical inerrancy *by
> showing how that view is obviously wrong*. Now if an OEC view is consistent
> with Genesis , that makes Barr's job much more difficult.
>
> David Heddle
>
>

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Received on Fri May 16 17:49:17 2008