Re: evangelize

2005-02-27 Thread RJLipkin
I think Eugene is absolutely right, and so I ask his indulgence regarding this post. I simply want to point out that the nature of religious belief--its intelligibility or unintelligibility, circularity ornoncircularity, and whether it can explain the problem of evil and suffering--is

Re: evangelize

2005-02-27 Thread Paul Finkelman
Amen! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Eugene is absolutely right, and so I ask his indulgence regarding this post. I simply want to point out that the nature of religious belief--its intelligibility or unintelligibility, circularity ornoncircularity, and whether it can

Re: evangelize

2005-02-27 Thread Francis Beckwith
Title: Re: evangelize Would it be appropriate of me to say that Bobbys comments about evangelism are good news? :-) Frank On 2/27/05 9:16 AM, Paul Finkelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amen! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Eugene is absolutely right, and so I ask his indulgence regarding

Evangelization, but new...

2005-02-27 Thread Richard Dougherty
I don't want to perpetuate the earlier discussion of whether the listserv is the appropriate place for evangelization. What I do want to ask is whether there is any empirical data anyone knows of concerning accomodation and evangelism. I am routinely surprised at how many times list members

Auto Response from Jeffrey Zack

2005-02-27 Thread zackj
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RE: Evangelization, but new...

2005-02-27 Thread Alan Brownstein
The only empirical data I recall, and I realize it is not exactly what Richard is asking for, was a study examining public attitudes toward charitable choice and the President's Faith-based initiative. I believe the Pew Foundation sponsored the study. The results demonstrated that public

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