Along with the article Joe pointed out below, CRN posts an introduction to an interview between Rick Warren and Sam Harris moderated by Jon Meacham from Newsweek.  Technically it’s not a debate… it’s more of a tit for tat discussion.  And as is typical of these kinda things, Meacham does a poor job keeping things on track.

Three initial impressions:

RE: Rick Warren – I thought he did a good job considering the format. He didn’t back down or give in or waffle.

RE: Sam Harris – I thought he avoided a lot of the questions and tended to change the subject instead of answer.

RE: CRN – They posted this without finding any fault with Warren.

First of all, I need to give a quick shout out to our friends at Slice 2.0 for linking me to this article. I have taken some criticism for coining the term “fightin’ fundie”  but I offer this article as proof that not all fundies are fightin’! I remember as a child reading sword of the LORD. As I grew I realized I didn’t agree with all of their stuff, but I always appreciated that they always supported what they had to say. They didn’t quote people out of context. They had integrity. In this article the author, Dr. Shelton Smith offers some advice for those who would call themselves watchmen on the wall. I’d love to give you some favorite quotes, but I am at work on a 5 (five minute break) so I don’t have time.

Incidentally, a commenter on this blog has an excellent post on the same topic. Both of these articles prove that Christians can be disagreeably agreeable but there must be a level of accountability. There must be some honesty by those that post. When people are allowed to post whatever they want and given Godly status for doing it, there is a great danger. When Christians lie about other Christians (as Ken has done numerous times) it is a blight on the Body of Christ and a slap to the face of His Bride. Click on the links and enjoy the articles. As Chris L has said numerous times, there is room for both the emerging and the fundamentalist in the body of Christ.