Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT home.com>]

Dear Dave,
I guess what I find most interesting is your opinion that what Jason Hare is
"shoving" [a better word might be "shoveling"] is Christianity.
Charles

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: Accuracy of the Biblical text??


> Charles,
> > Here are the answers to Mr. Jason Hare.  No I don't believe anything
like
> > the skeleton of your faith that you have so graciously shoved in our
faces
> > on a scholarly list.  I have more respect for Miqra' than you can
possibly
> > recognize, having devoted now 28 years to its study on a professional
level.
> > And each of these 28 years, some young person much like you, whose own
faith
> > is only the repetition of things others have taught him/her since birth,
has
> > dutifully attempted to convert me to a particular brand of Christian
> > fundamentalism.  Believe me, Baton Rouge has more fundamentalists per
square
> > inch than most places on earth, and those of your ilk here can even
study at
> > that great bastion of intellectual Lilliputianism and literal biblical
> > inerrancy, Jimmy Swaggert Bible College, without leaving home.
>
> [additional flames snipped]
>
> As you noted, Charles, he's a kid.  How about cutting him a little
> slack?  The extended personal attack is unwarranted, all he did
> was ask a question.  Granted this isn't the place for it, but it seems
> to me that there's an excessive sensitivity going on here.  Nobody
> is born knowing this stuff, we all have to learn it.  And I certainly
> respect your desire not to have Christianity shoved in your face, but
> I really don't think that's what Jason was trying to do.  As I recall,
> this kind of defamation of other people's faith is also out of line with
> the charter, so now that several of us have answered Jason's
> question, I suggest we move on and help him learn greater
> appreciation of the Hebrew language just as we help each other.
>
>
> Dave Washburn
> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;
> give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name.
>                                    Psalm 86:11
>
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