Initial reaction to Turkels latest

Jason Carter wcarter@mediaone.net
Sun, 31 Jan 1999 01:00:59 -0500 (00917784059, 3.0.1.32.19990131010059.0087ec30@pop.atl.mediaone.net)


At 12:08 AM 1/31/99 -0500, you wrote:

>On 30 Jan 99, at 22:24, Jason Carter wrote:
>
>>
>> Here's the address of Turkel's reply:
>>
>> http://www.integrityonline15.com/jpholding/tekton/tekton_05_03_03.html
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Jason
>
>Oh, wow, I just read the first page and a half and already I have found out
>that I am a "thrall" of Tills. I got a good laugh out of that one.
>
>You've been here long enough to have a clue, do you honestly think that
there
>is any accuracy in describing me and the rest of the regular posters here
who
>disagree with inerrancy as "local thralls of the Grand High Weasel?" What
sort
>of argument is that?
>
>Jason, why don't you ask your hero to join us here on the list, and try to
>defend this drivel? If he says he doesn't have the time, then you should
>certainly at least expect him to have the decency to let his readers see
both
>sides, which he has consistently refused to do.
>
>Visitors to Tills webpage see both sides of the issues. In fact he has had a
>policy of publishing any inerrantist that would dispute him, at his own
>expense, for years now. Why is it that Till can be so fair, even generous,
to
>his opponents viewpoints and arguments, but Turkel designs his site so his
>readers see only what he picks and chooses to show them?
CARTER I don't consider you a Till thrall, though I'm sure you would agree there are some on this list. You and I seem to be the only ones who dare disagree with his arrogance. (I've gained a tremendous amount of respect for your openmindedness BTW) Just wondering, did you find anything wrong with his article, or do you just disagree with his lack of presenting the fullness of both arguments? -Jason