[Vision2020] Gold Star Logic of Columnist

[J Ford]

Actually, NSA, et al save money on books by having an in-house writer 
(prolific and undeniably correct in ALL that he states to be true) such as 
Doug Wilson...with the likes of Nate Wilson close at his heels.  When does 
nepotism come into play with these folks?  Oh wait - that narcissism, isn't 
it?


J  ;)




>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Gold Star Logic of Columnist
>Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 15:01:09 -0700
>
> >From today's (September 9, 2005) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special
>thanks to Eugene Rosa.
>
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>
>Gold Star logic of columnist
>
>I lament the fact that I feel too old and already have accumulated enough
>degrees to return to college. If things were otherwise I would certainly
>enroll in New Saint Andrews College. For in carefully reading the 
>statements
>and opinions of those associated with the college for the past several
>years, such as the example of Ed Iverson (Opinion, Aug. 27 & 28), head
>librarian of the college, I am convinced that NSA has solved puzzles and
>conundrums that have plagued Western thought for nearly 25 centuries.
>Iverson's view on Cindy Sheahan is exemplary of this unassailable logic. It
>begins with an unsubstantiated premise that also serves as the conclusion,
>thereby deftly skirting the "begging the question" fallacy of Western 
>logic.
>The argument then truncates the world into "us," the God-fearing 
>Christians,
>versus "them," the unwashed secularists, or worse, liberal lefties. Again,
>here too, the logic apparently taught at NSA allows one to deftly ignore ad
>hominem assertions, the genetic fallacy of Western philosophy in developing
>argument.
>
>Then, of course, there is the obligatory invocation of Biblical truth to
>trump empirically confirmed evidence. So, Iverson, despite the availability
>of an entire library (not to mention the Internet) at his disposal, seems
>unaware of the countless non-Christian societies that have moral codes they
>live by nor with the fact there is no society known to scholarship that
>reserves moral authority for the individual.
>
>The dénouement of the NSA style of argument is a thinly veiled smugness 
>that
>its logic is so foolproof that no one but the unwashed could not be
>convinced of its validity. So, is it any wonder that I lament my
>restrictions from enrolling in NSA. I would certainly save time not having
>to struggle through the puzzles of many centuries and save considerable
>money because of the far fewer books I would need to purchase.
>
>Eugene Rosa, Moscow
>
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>
>Thanks again, Mr. Rosa.
>
>Perhaps NSA saves money on text books by simply investing in smoke and
>mirrors.  Hmmmm.
>
>Take care, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>" . . . wording plays a big part in understand[ing] the nature and meaning 
>a
>verse written two thousand years ago in a different language, and some
>Bibles just have it plain wrong."
>
>- Donovan Arnold (August 23, 2005)
>
>
>
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