
Jack Caviness
- One of the worst examples of eisegesis I have ever read. His manipulation of language to prove that the days on Genesis 1 were not 24 hour days is tortured and ludicrous. In the first third of the book, He spends almost as much time whining about the treatment he receives from young earth creationists as he does presenting his case.
- Not surprised. Ross has been putting out the same junk for years. I wrote a paper in college on the word yom in Genesis 1 and Ross was one of the authors I cited for the ridiculous view that they were anything other than 24 hours.
- Ross is a true gentleman and has suffered much abuse and ridicule at the hands of YECs. Yet he has stood firm on the authority of Scripture. Thankfully I am finally reading him after being poisoned against him by YECs in my past. I am more and more impressed by his work as I read it. My PhD is in Physics FWIW.
- Between the January 1980 and May 1982 I took five classes taught by this author—everything he taught that I could fit into my schedule—enjoyed them all, and gained a good bit of useful knowledge. One of courses was Christian Ethics. As taught by Dr Meadors, this was a refreshing alternative to the usual Independent Fundamental Baptist view of God’s will. Reading this book was like taking that course all over again. The textbook for that course was Decision Making and the Will of God: A Biblical Alternative to the Traditional View By Gary Friesen (Neither Dr Meadors nor I agreed com-pletely with the textbook, but it was a good launching pad for discussion). In reading this book, the thing that I found disturbing was the frequent use of Dr Friesen’s material. This from a professor who repeated lectured us on the im-portance of primary sources, and would reduce a grade for the use of secondary sources. Even more disturbing is the absence of any footnote crediting Friesen with the material, nor is he or his book even mentioned in the bibliography. For this reason, Decision Making God’s Way can be rated no higher than a single star.
- Ray Comfort has a tendency to treat fact rather loosely. For instance, on page 107 in discussing the Second Commandment, he writes, " “You shall not make for yourself a carved image.” (You won’t find this Commandment in the traditional Roman Catholic teaching. It was removed because it exposed idolatry within the church—bowing down to statues. They deleted it and split the Tenth Commandment into two in order to bring the total back to ten Commandments.) " Ray Comfort, God Doesn't Believe in Atheists : Proof That the Atheist Doesn't Exist (Gainesville, FL: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1993), 107-08. A cursory look at any standard Catholic Bible would have revealed the falsehood of this statement. Apparently, he could not be bothered with actually checking the accuracy of the "facts" he dispenses. I sent an email to the author, but—as expected—never received an answer.
- Thanks, Jack! *smile* Well Done! Much appreciated!
- I agree! He tends to get too Comfort-able with certain claims that he makes. Personally, I'm not a fan of his, I'd rather get my apologetics fix elsewhere.