$4,000.00 Reward (Nielsen, Till, Henschell & Billings)
D.R. Edwards dedwards@bae.uky.edu
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 08:09:49 -0500 (00889643389, 9803111304.AA16479@bae.uky.edu)
> >>> > 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.
IAN
I feel the new wording of the last sentence is inappropriate and would
give a negative impression of all you gentlemen.
Acts 1:3 - 12 has not been in the reward up to now so I would like all of
you gentlemen to vote on it. I'm not an expert on the NT but I understand
it isn't needed.
EDWARDS
I'm not sure Acts 1:3-12 makes it tougher. Acts 13:29, though, should
*definitely* be included (IMO), because it states that those who were
responsible for Jesus' crucifixion (the people of Jerusalem and their
rulers) were the ones who also buried him. This is, of course, slightly
problematic when one compares this verse to the gospels versions of who
buried Jesus (Joseph of Aramathea in the synoptics, Joseph and Nicodemus in
John).