> > Those fundamentalists are "so sure you know the mind of God" they would > never allow such a course, if they could stop it... > jon
In the public school, of course not. It doesn't belong there; the nature of the mind of God in inherently a theological question. But, Sunday school is a different story. I've talked with many fundamentalists about their literal interpretation of scripture, and I may not have convinced many, but I have been able to get virtually all of them to actually listen to me. I can tell because their points are actually in response to my points, they agree with some of what I say and differ with other parts in a manner that indicates that they actually are thinking about our differences. I can also tell because they are warm to me afterwards, and willingly ask my opinion on other aspects of Scripture. Part of it is, of course, that I am a Christian, though clearly a non-fundamentalist one. The other part is that I actually listen to them and try to understand their viewpoint. That's critical to evangelism....which is what I see myself doing with fundamentalists. :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
