[Vision2020] Response to Burns' Rant

[Art Deco]

Nick,

If Burns would have the courage to sign his real name, you would understand 
why (psychologically) he holds these views.


Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicholas Gier" <ngier at uidaho.edu>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:16 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Response to Burns' Rant


> Dear Mr. Burns,
>
> You seem to have missed the main point of my letter about Wilkins.  Just 
> because you heard Wilkins and thought "he made sense" has nothing to do 
> with my charge that he has lifted passages from at least three major works 
> without citation or with very deceptive citation.  Professors fail 
> students for doing this, but Wilkins' and Wilson's infractions are far 
> worst than this.  Wilson's Canon Press made a profit on selling the 
> slavery booklet for 10 years, making a profit on reproducing other 
> scholars' words as if they were their own.
>
> Mr. Burns, if you "want to read and understand history," you should read 
> professional historians not hacks such as Wilson and Wilkins who have no 
> shame let alone credentials to write accurate history.
>
> Yes, there are people on this forum whom I would call "libertarians." 
> Dave Budge is one of them and Dale Courtney claims to be one.  But his 
> type of Christianity (and yours, too, Mr. Burns)is totally incompatible 
> with libertarianism.  I'm still waiting for Courtnery to respond to my 
> essay on the topic.  I would appreciate your response, too, Mr. Burns. 
> You can find it at www.class.uidhao.edu/ngier/libchristian.htm.
>
> You then seem to switch to another article of mine, "Chilling Parallels 
> between Christian and Muslim Fundamentalism," so I'll respond to you 
> points in turn
>
> (1) An arrogant proclamation of those
> who are saved and those who damned;
>
> I am not the one who says who is saved and who is damned,
>
> I'm glad that you don't, but Doug Jones said that the Rev. Forrest Church 
> was damned in his debate with Chruch on Sept. 30, 2003 at UI SUB 
> Auditorium.
>
>
> (4) a serious affirmation that the laws of God
> should be the laws of the land.
>
> I'm glad that my friend Tom Hansen gave you a nice link on Common Law for 
> your edification.  I would just like to add that in the 17th Century 
> Edward Coke, interpreting English Common Law with regard to abortion, 
> ruled that the fetus has no rights until it is born.  But you missed the 
> point of my paragraph.  Wilson and Co. want all Old Testament laws to 
> become laws of the land, including death for homosexuality, disobedient 
> children, apostasy, etc, etc, etc.  I would also like for you to respond 
> to my article on abortion at www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/103/abortion.htm 
> and see if you can give me a coherent biblical defense.
>
> You should read more carefully next time you decide to rant,
>
> Nick Gier, Head Banshee, Palouse Region, Planet Earth
>
>
>
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