Ralph,<br> <br> You are not going to debate Wilson because of a letter he wrote back 1993? Boy, I hope people don't hold me accountable to the things I said 13 years ago. <br> <br> I also hope you know the Argonaut edits letters it gets too.<br> <br> I think if you are going to attack someone in public, you need to at least be willing to meet with them in public in a debate or discussion format, otherwise you will rightfully earn the term of a yellow-belly. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> DJA<br><br><b><i>Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Thanks but no thanks. I do not appreciate having my letters <br>sneeringly referred to as "screeds" or being accused of "chewing on <br>Christianity's ankle" as if I were a dog (Wilson's letter to the <br>Argonaut, Oct. 14, 1993). Neither do I care to be categorized as <br>"Debate or coward"
(heirdoug's heading in yesterday's Vision2020).<br><br> I much prefer the civilized discourse of real Bible scholars, <br>whether Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, agnostic or atheist, such as <br>one meets in professional organizations like the Society of Biblical <br>Literature, the world's oldest and largest association of Bible <br>scholars. Two years ago I attended the national convention of the <br>SBL, held jointly with the American Academy of Religion, in San <br>Antonio TX. There were 8,400 of us in attendance. Doug Wilson and his <br>group refuse to attend even regional meetings of the Pacific <br>Northwest Division of the SBL when they are held locally at the <br>University of Idaho or at Gonzaga University in Spokane. It would <br>seem that it is Doug and his friends who are afraid of the Bible.<br><br>Ralph Nielsen<br><br><br><br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>
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