From: wvanweer@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Wayne VanWeerthuizen)
Subject: Re: Top 10 Reasons for Believing in the Deity of Jesus Christ.
Originator: wvanweer@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu
Reply-To: wvanweer@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Wayne VanWeerthuizen)
Organization: Washington State University
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 21:21:47 GMT

In article <MIB.92Apr6092303@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu>, mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes:
|> In article <8044@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> dekorte@next2.scri.fsu.edu (Stephen Dekorte) writes:
|> 
|>    In article <1992Apr3.082542.5206@serval.net.wsu.edu>  
|>    wvanweer@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Wayne VanWeerthuizen) writes:
|>    > 
|>    >       TOP 10 BIBLICAL REASONS FOR BELIEVING IN THE DIETY OF CHRIST
|>    ........
|>      Fine. Now give us the top ten reasons for believing the bible.
|> 
|> And here we see the problem with this sort of fundamentalism, as
                                                 ^^^ ME ??????

|> practiced by Mr VanWeerthuizen.  The reason for believing the Bible (I
                ^^^ NOT a fundamentalist.
   
|> don't hold the Bible to be infallible, mind you) is that one has met
|> Christ.  Now, it is possible, surely, to meet Christ in the pages of
|> the Bible, but that is pretty rare.  Most likely, one meets Christ in
|> the lives and community of Christians.  
|> 
|> So, if I need to convince someone that Christ was divine, I'm going to

Back when I WAS a fundamentalist, I did this.  But, not now.  I mean
I'd have to reconvince myself first, and that is highly unlikely.

|> have to throw up my hands in despair, for I can do no such thing.  The
|> value of lists like Mr VanWeerthuizen's is that they can (but rarely
|> do) appeal to people who hold the Bible as infallibly true (like JW's)
|> but don't accept the deity of Christ (like JW's).

The point of the post was to appeal to people who DO believe Christ was
divine.  It was an appeal for them to reconsider.

In other words, had people actually read the post, instead of making some
quick assumptions and then throwing out irrelevant canned responces, they
might have realized it was a SATIRE.  Most people got caught up with the
title.  Well, the whole point is that the title and text were in opposition
to each other.

1. For some reason, my .signature file never got appended. I had intended it to
   help clarify things.  This was my fault.

2. Always read a post though twice in its entirety before posting followups.

3. As the post was supported by most Biblical references, the READER should
   then realize its intended for those who DO trust the Bible.  Non-christians
   in the group then, ought not flame something which was never intended for 
   them.
    
4. John 17:3 (from the list)
   And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and
   him who you have sent, Jesus Christ.

   This in itself is good reason to DENY the deity of Christ, not to mention
   how the doctrine confuses thousands of other passages.

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