tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post4751202445650418314..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Unloading 35 Loaded Questions for "Bible Christians" 16/35Turretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-9035010733983745502010-01-27T07:33:01.061+00:002010-01-27T07:33:01.061+00:00Here are a couple of links to the articles referen...Here are a couple of links to the articles referenced:<br /><br />http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/index.php?itemid=2218 <br /><br />http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/index.php?itemid=2235<br /><br />What I find really telling is that, in the same publication from which these individuals derive the "33,000" number (more accurately portrayed by a number less than 9,000) -- a number which is derivedJohn Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-66744418111116550732010-01-27T04:53:21.226+00:002010-01-27T04:53:21.226+00:00Dear Matthew,
Please read Dr. White's article...Dear Matthew,<br /><br />Please read Dr. White's article referenced in Turrentinfan's post. I'm basing the "generous" number on dropping the estimated number of existing "Protestant" denominations way down from that listed in the World Christian Encyclopedia estimate of 8973 for 2000, as cited by Dr. White. If you have a more accurate number, please tell us what Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729965956946739033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-10660920621291999292010-01-26T14:58:47.287+00:002010-01-26T14:58:47.287+00:00Dean:
It's not just an inaccuracy, though, it...Dean:<br /><br />It's not just an inaccuracy, though, it is a lie. Steve Ray knows by now that the number is wrong and he continues to use the number.<br /><br />-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-72107346609067442472010-01-26T14:49:37.744+00:002010-01-26T14:49:37.744+00:00Dean Dough writes:
Let's be very generous to ...Dean Dough writes:<br /><br /><i>Let's be very generous to the non-Catholic world and drop the number to 500.</i><br /><br />How is that <i>very generous</i>? If a popular figure is a downright lie, it's not <i>very generous</i> to move from that figure to a much smaller one. I don't see how that selects for a true number with regard to Protestant division. What if 500 is also Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784922935749497931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-816088002510141322010-01-25T18:19:15.530+00:002010-01-25T18:19:15.530+00:00If I were the devil with the short period of time ...If I were the devil with the short period of time left to me before I come to that clear judgment against me, it seems to me, this would be the area of concern at which I would war the hardest:::><br /><br />3) Item (2) also highlights another point. Steve knows (or ought to know by now) that the Reformation principle of the perspicuity of Scripture is not that it is all perfectly clear, but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-73217089089036010922010-01-25T17:52:00.466+00:002010-01-25T17:52:00.466+00:00Dear Turretinfan,
The 33000 denominations inaccu...Dear Turretinfan, <br /><br />The 33000 denominations inaccuracy certainly doesn't help Mr. Ray. OK, so let's say 9000 is closer to the truth. In fact, forget 9000. Let's be very generous to the non-Catholic world and drop the number to 500. How much does that matter to his point? Not much, IMHO. I think the more important question, which Dr. White touches on in the link you Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729965956946739033noreply@blogger.com