Some resources for you (Alan Fuller)

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Hi John,

Thanks for the info. and the friendly tone of voice. 
I feel a little like Daniel in the lions den.  Will
the angels protect this Daniel?  Speaking of Daniel,
I did read one of Mcdowell's books anout Daniel.  I
don't take everything McDowell says as "Gospel."  I
have read Mr. Till's article and a couple of others
at the infidel's site about prophecy.  I am presently
 reading, Bible Prophecy: Fulfillment or Failure by
Tim Callahan, which I think is very good.

I will try to keep an open mind and would be happy
for others to do likewise.

Alan Fuller

---"Phipps, John" <Phipps@info.pmeh.uiowa.edu> wrote:

>

> Hey Alan,

> 

> I am glad to see that you have stepped forward to

tell us about your

> view of the bible.  I am interested to hear your

opinions.   It seems

> (and I wouldn't be at all surprised to be wrong

about this) that you're

> following a line similar to Josh McDowell in

"Evidence That Demands a

> Verdict".  Particularly the thing you said about

the bible being written

> over such and such a number of years, by many

different people.

> Simply the fact that the bible is a compilation

from lots of authors

> from a variety of times isn't in itself remarkable.

 From what I've seen

> this fact (if true) does not even suggest a divine

origin of scripture

> unless there is something else remarkable about the

document, such as

> the often cited "unity" of the message.  I agree

that unity would indeed

> be impressive in such a group of documents as the

bible (if such a unity

> in fact exists).

> 

> As a friendly gesture, let me mention to you that

many on this list are

> somewhat familiar with this territory.  You can

save yourself quite a

> bit of composing messages if you can find time to

look at the following

> web page (particularly the McDowell section):

> 

>

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/christianity/apologetics.h

> tml

> 

> I think you'll find it interesting, even if you

don't agree with much

> that you find there.  At a minimum it may let you

to see in advance some

> of the questions you are likely to be asked.

> 

> peace and a good weekend,

> jp

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 


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