7/4/09

Enns blog, about his debate with Waltke: I have a folder (electronic and paper) of people who used to be Christians but are now atheists, or were evangelical and now don’t know what they are, not because of people like me, but because the only options open to them when they encountered the world of modern biblical scholarship was “you either believe the Bible or you believe the critics.” This is an absurd dichotomy. To those knowledgeable about the very real and difficult challenges presented by biblical scholarship, and who are presented with these two options, there is no contest: the critics win. The question is whether these are the only two options available.

What puzzles me is why people are so un-resourceful as to not be able to find out what’s going on.  Books like Enns and Sparks are available, even if you don’t hear about them at church.