Initial reaction to Turkels latest

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> CARTER

> I don't consider you a Till thrall, though I'm sure you would agree there

> are some on this list. 


Achilles

Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't. I can't think of anyone that would fit 
that description. Did you have anyone in particular in mind? 

<carter>

> You and I seem to be the only ones who dare disagree with his arrogance.  


Achilles

Arrogance is your word, I don't think I've ever called Till that. 

The closest I would want to claim would be "hard-headed." And that's not 
necessarily a bad thing to be, on the balance. 

I am not the only one (not counting inerrantists) to disagree with him while I 
have been here. In fact I seem to remember quite a row going on just before you 
signed up. 

You know I am not shy to disagree with him when I think he is wrong. It's not 
often he is though - he's a pretty straight shooter, and he's probably been 
studying these issues as long as you and I have been alive - combined. I have 
learned to be very careful when I think he is wrong, to double check before I 
post, because more often than not it is I that am mistaken. 

He brought a lot of adversity on himself, that he could easily have avoided, 
simply because he is honest. When he quit his job as a missionary - well, a lot 
of men in the same spot might have just kept their mouth shut and kept making 
the right noises, and if he had been like that his life would have been a lot 
easier. He might even be one of these millionaire television evangelists by 
now, but at the very least he would certainly have had a lot less adversity to 
deal with. 

He could run a web site like Turkel does, with no dissent, but he doesn't. He 
could easily kick me off the list so he wouldn't have to put up with me 
anymore, but he doesn't. 

For all that, I think the man deserves a little respect. 


> 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? 


Achilles

I haven't finished the article yet, I probably won't, since I am getting 
sleepy. I will comment on it when I finish it. 


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