$4,000.00 Reward (Nielsen, Till, Henschell & Billings)
Ian & Pam Dorion dorioni@ipa.net
Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:09:35 -0600 (00888991775, 199803040011.SAA18857@siren.ipa.net)
IAN
OK, I'm going to leave it as written below. See Ralph's remarks at the end
of the post. If anyone want's to drop out of the reward, just let me know.
> >TOD
> >> The only thing I would change is the following: instead of saying
that
> >> they cannot only omit details, it should be added that they cannot add
> >> details not present in the text. Other than this, it is fine with me.
> >>
> >> > IAN
> >> > OK. This is what the reward is going to look like. If any of you
have any
> >> > objections, now or in the future, please state them as soon as
> >possible.
> >> >
> >> > $4,000.00* REWARD
> >> >
> >> > Tell us exactly what happened on the first Easter and win
$4,000.00*.
> >> >
> >> > Read: Matthew 28
> >> > Mark 16
> >> > Luke 24
> >> > John 20 & 21
> >> > 1 Corinthians 15:3-8
> >> >
> >> > Then, without omitting a single detail from the accounts, write one
> >> > consistent narrative - with scriptural citations - of the events
from
> >the
> >> > Resurrection to the Ascension of Jesus Christ.
> >> >
> >> > Then mail your claim for $4,000.00* REWARD to:
> >> > RESURRECTION REWARD
> >> > PO Box 3127
> >> > Moscow ID 83843-1906
> >> >
> >> > * This reward is offered by four $1,000.00 contributors.
>
> RALPH
> Re Tod's suggestion about not adding anything not found in the text, that
> is already covered by the phrase *- with scriptural citations -*. Our
offer
> is airtight; that's why nobody claims it.
>
> As for the 4 donors of $1,000 each, is it necessary to go into such
> details? Our money is perfectly safe anyway. We could have a hundred
donors
> of $1,000 each, and still nobody is going to claim it.
>
> My basic feeling is that such offers must be short and to the point.
Don't
> bother the potential claimant with irrelevant details. If more folks want
> to raise the ante, fine; we can simply raise the amount offered each time
> we print another batch. If any fundie asks why the amount increases,
we'll
> tell him/her that nobody has met the requirements of the reward yet, "So
> why don't you try? Don't you believe the Word of God?"
>