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[John of Japan]

I think we were just asking what his experience was. I don’t think anyone is discounting experience. I think people are just looking for more than “I can read.”

Precisely! Well said.

 

[Van]

Oh, great, Wikipedia, the fount of all wisdom. We don't allow our students to quote it, since it is always anonymous and so often wrong. I once saw two different statements of the content of the same NT ms in a Wikipedia article.

And now I'm a Pharisee for just pointing out that a Christian education can be very helpful.

You attack the qualifications of anyone who disagrees with you. Your pattern of behavior is well documented. And the idea Credentialism is invalid because it is cited by Wikipedia is ludicrous. Once again you are attacking the credentials rather than the substance.

 

[John of Japan]

You attack the qualifications of anyone who disagrees with you. Your pattern of behavior is well documented. And the idea Credentialism is invalid because it is cited by Wikipedia is ludicrous. Once again you are attacking the credentials rather than the substance.

Um, it's not me who is down on Wikipedia, but my college and seminary, and probably all of Christian academia. Just sayin'.

And, as always, you are full of insults but short on substance. Ta ta for now.

 

[John of Japan]

Brother, you truly don't seem willing to learn. Learning that what one believes is wrong and changing is the HALLMARK of a scholar.

I mean that based on experience and as humbly as I know how.

Good thought. I've long believed that scholarship is a search for truth, even inconvenient truth, even truth that means one must change his or her own opinion, belief, or stand. Kind of what you said.

 

[Van]

Um, it's not me who is down on Wikipedia, but my college and seminary, and probably all of Christian academia. Just sayin'.

And, as always, you are full of insults but short on substance. Ta ta for now.

Folks, once again he attacked credentials. But did not address the fallacy of Credentialism.

 

[JonC]

And I know, that no one knows everything about the Bible, therefore I hope to share, what I know and learn from others, what I don’t know.

@John of Japan can testify that I know everything about the Bible. So of you have a question, just ask.

(Kidding.....welcome to the BB)

 

[Ben1445]

Folks, once again he attacked credentials. But did not address the fallacy of Credentialism.

Folks you can’t make this stuff up. Once again this poster has addressed the poster instead of the actual question put forward. (Yes, I could not resist.)

The real trouble, as stated in previous posts is not the lack of degrees or lack of experience. No one is able to critique any of his background because he has not provided any credentials in the first place.

Some of us like to know what background of people we are talking to, especially when they are self declared scholars. Were there not so great doctrinal problems presented in such a short period of time, the scholar question would likely not be a big deal. A quick, I went to Bible college, church institute, X number of years of committed personal Bible study. Maybe a reference point like whose commentary you like best and if it there are any other benchmarks like affiliations or anything to help us understand where they are coming from.
Even spending some time in discussions that help us get to appreciate the base of knowledge that they are using.

But the initial reaction to the question of “what standard of measurement does your use of the word scholar have,” amounted to nothing more than take my word for it.

I could find those kinds of credentials in a Junior High School.

 

[John of Japan]

Folks you can’t make this stuff up. Once again this poster has addressed the poster instead of the actual question put forward. (Yes, I could not resist.)

The real trouble, as stated in previous posts is not the lack of degrees or lack of experience. No one is able to critique any of his background because he has not provided any credentials in the first place.

Some of us like to know what background of people we are talking to, especially when they are self declared scholars. Were there not so great doctrinal problems presented in such a short period of time, the scholar question would likely not be a big deal. A quick, I went to Bible college, church institute, X number of years of committed personal Bible study. Maybe a reference point like whose commentary you like best and if it there are any other benchmarks like affiliations or anything to help us understand where they are coming from.
Even spending some time in discussions that help us get to appreciate the base of knowledge that they are using.

But the initial reaction to the question of “what standard of measurement does your use of the word scholar have,” amounted to nothing more than take my word for it.

I could find those kinds of credentials in a Junior High School.

Well said.

 

[John of Japan]

Folks, once again he attacked credentials. But did not address the fallacy of Credentialism.

I attacked credentials then? Huh! That's news to me. We must have completely different definitions of the word.

 

[John of Japan]

@John of Japan can testify that I know everything about the Bible. So of you have a question, just ask.

(Kidding.....welcome to the BB)

Yep, he knows everything about the Bible....