A Challenge to Farrell Till
Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Tue, 02 Feb 1999 12:14:15 -0800 (00918008055, 2.2.32.19990202201415.00882a24@midwest.net)
At 04:06 PM 2/2/99 -0000, Matthew Bell wrote:
>Matthew Bell
>It is high time that I put my neck on the line for what I believe, i.e.
>Biblical Inerrancy, hence I am proposing to you (Farrell Till) that I will
>engage in written debate on any subject either:
>
>a) previously published in TSR and not responded to by an inerrantist.
>b) any other matter of alleged errancy you wish to discuss.
>
>The only things I require from any such debate is sufficient time to compose my
>responses and arguments and the right to either consult or involve CCBE on the
>matter(s) of debate.
>
>All debates will meet the criteria you requested of Turkel, i.e. debated on an
>open forum (the errancy list) and then in the TSR if you consider them anywhere
>near worthy of being included there. There will be no recourse to the use of
>eisegesis in my replies and as much as my ability allows me I will attempt to
>reply using the rules of logic, (e.g. not begging the question etc etc). To
>enable me to fulfil the latter, I would suggest that if he was willing, I would
>send all my replies to Michael Fisher before sending them to the list. He could
>then point out any logical fallacies contained within my post, which I would
>redress before sending to yourself. This is of course optional as they can be
>corrected as they are made.
>
>If I back out of any debate then I will remove myself from the list and engage
>no further in the apologetics of Biblical Inerrancy.
>
>I also reserve the right to publish any debate in full (no editing) on my
>web-page or any other appropriate forum I may choose.
>
>So what do you think Goliath? :)
TILL
Sounds great. You have heard me say that I am working frantically this week
to finish the copy of the next issue of TSR, so it will be a week probably
before I will have time to begin.
Do you want me to suggest the subject? You said that "any" would do. I
propose that you affirm this. RESOLVED: Jesus of Nazareth was born of a
virgin, i.e., a woman who had never had sexual intercourse with a male.
By the way, we are going to miss you on the list.
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net