The inimitable Farrell Till, not allowing a Christian to get by with merely quoting the Bible to prove that the resurrection of Jesus is true (amazing that they would even try that).
From the Errancy discussion list, February, 1998:
Christian:
You are coming from the viewpoint that the Bible is errant;
I am coming from the viewpoint that it is from God and
therefore accurate. If you do not want me to use what the
Bible says in order to discuss the Bible, then I see no point
in being here. You were just asking about spiritual/resurrected
bodies. If you don't believe in the Bible, why even discuss it?
If you want to discuss the Bible among yourselves with no
opposing viewpoint, please tell me why the group is looking
for Christians to be involved? To what purpose?
TILL
You have a strange way of thinking. Of course, I understand
that you think that the Bible is accurate, but I won't allow
you to use this assumption to settle any issue that's being
debated. I would have to be crazier than a loon to permit that.
Don't you think I know that the NT clearly teaches that Jesus
was resurrected from the dead and that there will be a final
resurrection of all the dead? The issue is not whether the
NT teaches these things, because clearly it does. The issue
is whether the NT is correct in making these claims. I have
no objection to you or anyone else quoting scripture as long
as it is quoted simply to show what the NT says, but I have
serious objections to your apparent belief that the mere
citation of a scripture should be sufficient to settle an
issue. If you are going to quote 1 Corinthians 15 as proof
that there will be a final resurrection, then you have the
obligation to present arguments that will show there are
good reasons to believe that what this text says is true.
You say that you have no objections to debating the errancy
of the Book of Mormon, but if a Mormon were on the list to
debate this issue, you surely would not stand still for
allowing him simply to quote the Book of Mormon as proof
of its own accuracy, would you?
Farrell Till
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