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Norman Geisler's new target - Craig Blomberg

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  • Celebrian
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    Originally posted by Raphael View Post
    Onto the Amazon wishlist it goes.....
    I guess I can thank Geisler for that -- he's caused me to buy his target's books

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  • Raphael
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    Onto the Amazon wishlist it goes.....

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  • KingsGambit
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    Check out AP's blog post here: http://deeperwaters.wordpress.com/20...raig-blomberg/

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  • Sparko
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    Originally posted by Dee Dee Warren View Post
    Geisler is a liar and enabler of liars. Zero respect.
    and he is an attention whore. I think one reason he goes after other Christians is because his own reputation has faded and he wants to relive his "glory days" - he doesn't care who he hurts.

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  • Darth Xena
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    It has been a long time since i read the stuff on it. At the time I did, but I would read it with some more skepticism this time for more personal motives. His theological points for the resurrection were very good.

    He probably has very good points in these recent scuffles -- he just doesn't have the standing to bring them, his own house is very dirty.

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  • John Reece
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    Originally posted by Dee Dee Warren View Post
    Geisler is a liar and enabler of liars. Zero respect.
    Do you still agree with Geisler re his crusade against Murray J. Harris?

    Review at Amazon.com of The Battle for the Resurrection Paperback
    by Norman L. Geisler:
    21 people found the following review helpful

    Bad Book, Worse Author

    By E. Martin on February 11, 2001

    If you ever need a case of mean-spirited, ignorant, inquisitorial mentality of some Evangelical pseudo-intellectuals just take a gander at this screed.

    New Testament scholar Murray J. Harris wrote a stirring defense of the historicity of the bodily resurrection of Jesus in his book EASTER IN DURHAM.

    For his trouble he was savaged by this know-nothing in this book for not teaching a *physical* resurrection.

    Harris replied with FROM GRAVE TO GLORY, an exhaustive study of the doctrine of the resurrection which remains a standard of evangelical scholarship. Along the way he answered Geisler's repeated misrepresentations and falsehoods and showed his laughable ignorance of Greek.

    Not to be detered, Geisler mobilized his fellow Torquemadas (self-appointed "cult watchers") to secure a statement of condemnation from the Evangelical Free Church and badgered Harris into retirement.

    Nice Work guys!

    Geisler is the worst representative of a resurgent Protestant scholasticism, he pretends to be a apologist (a "defender") but he's really a polemicist (a "war-monger") and a publicity hungry little parasite, seeking to build up his notoriety on the careers and reputations he attacks. Reading makes me *thankful* for the Enlightenment. With regard to this and the rest of his published corpus, I say with David Hume "commend them all to the flames."
    Last edited by John Reece; 04-12-2014, 02:01 PM.

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  • Darth Xena
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    Originally posted by RumTumTugger View Post
    I agree

    if I I understand it Giesler is supporting a proven liar(Caner). but attacking people who he disagrees with on a non essentials. He is not showing the Love of Christ that he should.
    Pretty much. He has zero standing to criticize anyone else at this point until he mans about his role in the Caner scandal.

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  • RumTumTugger
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    Originally posted by Paprika View Post
    I think it's clear that Geisler effectively views that the ICBI Statements on inerrancy (or his understanding of them) as at least equivalent to Scripture in authority.

    Protestants and their Tradition
    Bingo you got it Paprika and isn't is interesting that Gielser is one of hte authors of teh ICBI Statements.

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  • RumTumTugger
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    Originally posted by Dee Dee Warren View Post
    Oh please let's open the Caner can.... Geisler's self-inflicted mortal blow
    I agree

    if I I understand it Giesler is supporting a proven liar(Caner). but attacking people who he disagrees with on a non essentials. He is not showing the Love of Christ that he should.

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  • Darth Xena
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    Oh please let's open the Caner can.... Geisler's self-inflicted mortal blow

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  • KingsGambit
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    A footnote in Blomberg's book (that is too long for me to copy here) demonstrates a number of outright falsehoods in one particular written attack from Geisler (without even opening the Ergun Caner can of worms). This is clearly not sound Christian behavior.

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  • Paprika
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    Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
    Aren't you Protestant?

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  • One Bad Pig
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    Originally posted by Paprika View Post
    I think it's clear that Geisler effectively views that the ICBI Statements on inerrancy (or his understanding of them) as at least equivalent to Scripture in authority.

    Protestants and their Tradition
    Aren't you Protestant?

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  • Paprika
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    I think it's clear that Geisler effectively views that the ICBI Statements on inerrancy (or his understanding of them) as at least equivalent to Scripture in authority.

    Protestants and their Tradition
    Last edited by Paprika; 04-11-2014, 09:20 PM.

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  • Darth Xena
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    Geisler is a liar and enabler of liars. Zero respect.

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