Comments on: Minority Retort

By: phil

phil — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:48:18 +0000

Look everbody I think Phil just called Gary Lamb an Ape Man.

Now thats funny right there, I don’t care who you are!

By: Rev Scottie

Rev Scottie — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:37:03 +0000

Look everbody I think Phil just called Gary Lamb an Ape Man. Just kidding….

Maybe pastors should quit blogging about their personal lives entirely. It seems that some readers are hanging on every word they say just looking for a way to criticize them.

By: phil

phil — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:36:11 +0000

Hmmm, sorry about that – that last response was supposed to go under the “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” thread. I’m not sure how it got here, actually.

By: phil

phil — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:34:34 +0000

Chris,
There are some troubling aspects of the whole thing, I agree, but I don’t think the way to react is hysteria (speaking of Def Leppard). I think in general, Christians are too mistrustful of scientists and rather than actual offer informed opinions, they get off on things like the Nephilim and ape-men. In a way, I think there is an unspoken fear among Christians, too, that hybrids like this will offer some validation for evolution.

Also, from what I understand from my wife who actually knows a thing or too about microbiology, the claims in this article are probably pretty dubious.

By: Chris L

Chris L — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:18:13 +0000

Henry,

You wrote:

I guess Iâ€™ll have to end up here, with Chris L. who also has no theological country.

It’s OK here in no-man’s land. It wasn’t until I was in high school until I was asked “what denomination does your church belong to?” I answered “we don’t belong to a denomination” (I went to the biggest church in the county, which really meant we were the tallest midgets in that part of the state). All I received back was a blank stare.

One of my good friends who graduated from Cincinnati Bible College (now CCU, which is a school in my non-denomination that I believe Tim graduated from) tells the story of a famous speaker who came to CBS and asked his class if the school was Calvinist or Arminian. When he was told “neither”, he said that was not possible. They informed him (though he apparently figured it out) that the Christian church was founded in 33 A.D., not 1509 A.D.

I’d rather go with what is written between Genesis and Revelation that follow a human system built in the middle ages…

By: keith

keith — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:06:16 +0000

Paul:
You’re right. My mistake. Old habit’s are hard to break. The church we used to attend was really good about counting people twice (one’s that attended the early service then stayed and worked in the nursery–or other area–during the second service). Sometimes we had more people attending than we had on our membership roll! PTL!!!

By: keith

keith — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:01:05 +0000

Chris P was the one that was apparently lost and needed bathroom/restroom directions. I can find my own potty, thank you.

Tim, let’s not mince words here–by the way, you used 76, but who’s counting as long as we’re staying on topic.

By: Paul Carrington

Paul Carrington — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:59:25 +0000

Keith, by the way – I loved your post on How to Fix Your Church (http://fivepts.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-fix-your-church.html).

By: Paul Carrington

Paul Carrington — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:55:13 +0000

Oops… Keith, next time you’ll have to filter out the commenters comments on the other commenters comments to get a true word count. That should bring you to just over 1400 words (just kidding – didn’t count).

Bottom line: I think this blog needs some real/new material. That is, if it wasn’t so comical.

By: Henry (Rick) Frueh

Henry (Rick) Frueh — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:48:51 +0000

“And the question Iâ€™m left with is: why are you guys looking for people to follow to the bathroom? ”

Again, I love it! And this comment is just a nod to Tim’s humor so please do not add it to the word count.