$4,000.00 Reward (Nielsen, Till, Henschell & Billings)
Ralph Nielsen nielsen@uidaho.edu
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 19:50:02 -0800 (PST) (00889609802, v03007804b12b3b873687@[129.101.112.117])
>>IAN
>>Tod, would you mind checking with Ralph? I believe the way it is written
>>is the way it originally was.
>>
>>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?"
RALPH (March 10)
Here is my version:
$4,000 REWARD!
Tell us exactly what happened on the first Easter and win $4,000!
Read:
Matthew 28
Mark 16
Luke 24
John 20 & 21
Acts 1:3-12
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 REWARD to:
RESURRECTION REWARD
PO Box 3127
Moscow ID 83843-1906
(Four Bible believers have offered $1,000 each for this reward.)
RALPH
Add the last sentence in parentheses if you wish. It can't do any harm. By
"Bible believer" I mean someone who believes that the Bible says exactly
what it says.