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Originally Posted by OBW
Despite my challenge concerning one particular family and those old BARM posts, there is something in me that realizes that maybe they are too personally exposing rather than probative to any study of the LC and might be better ignored. I have since suggested in private that maybe this is the one place where backing into the tent with a blanket and leaving quietly is truly the best course of action.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things. (Phil 4:8)
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I see your point. I seem to be attracted to testimonies like that, and Paul Krieger is another example, which are laced with equal parts of hyperbole and vitriol. I guess what I like is that you know where these folks stand! No wishy-washy 'maybe', no hesitation or doubt.
Maybe I like it because they, along with the Minoru Chen's and the Ed Marks' on the other side, frame the parameters of the debate. Reality probably lies somewhere between, but at least now you can see the edges of the field!
I believe that history will quietly cover the excesses. The truth will stand.
I read a nice quote yesterday by Kenneth Craik, an English mathematician who wrote a book in 1943 called "The Nature of Explanation". He said, "It is only by taking numerous examples and tracking down the problem from all sides that we can extract the truth; we can never wring it out of the particular example." Of course, we might rejoin that we have the 'particular example' in Jesus who exemplifies perfectly the Truth, but He alone is the exception to the rule. Jesus alone is the "faithful witness" (Rev. 1:5). Everyone else is a partial witness and needs to be held against the rest.
I apologize if I waved one witness in the air that caused some consternation. I will try to be a little more circumspect in the future. I am still learning to follow the Spirit!
