Well, I've been called a liar and a part of the male anatomy, among other
things, at times only for pointing out where the various positions don't
seem all that clearly different to me -- and I'm not even a "strong ID"
advocate!
Bill H. is right -- this kind of horrible talk can come from all sides. But
you are absolutely, right, Dennis, that this kind of thing is just
irresponsible from a "movement leader" on the movement's major public
website.
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Dennis Venema <Dennis.Venema@twu.ca>
wrote:
> Perhaps, but I've yet to hear a TE call the faith of a YEC or IDer into
> question or publicly advocate "bloodletting." If you know of instances I may
> not be aware of, feel free to point them out – I'd be interested.
>
> What exactly does Dembski hope to achieve with this approach? Death threats
> against TEs? Roughing them up a bit in the shadows? I find this language
> highly disturbing – not that Dembski himself might do same, but that some
> less-than-rational follower might take him at his word.
>
> *I tell you the truth, that every idle word that men shall speak, they
> shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
> *
>
>
> On 6/15/08 9:23 PM, "William Hamilton" <willeugenehamilton@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> This applies to TE and YEC as well as ID and TE. I have never seen so much
> unchristian behavior from Christians as when an argument over origins
> develops.
>
>
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