Great Example of Critical Engagement
by hamiltonmj1983
Shortly after I posted this morning about Fundamentals and Liberals and their lack of engagement with each other (or anyone), Peter Enns posted a great blog entry wherein he critically engaged some of Answers In Genesis’ fundamentalist propaganda.
Enns (if I were a fan of labels, I’d plop him down somewhere on the conservative side of moderate) does a great job of critically engaging the arguments put forth on a a poster available for sale on Answers in Genesis. The poster represents basic fundamentalist tactics to avoid biblical arguments and instead, as Enns puts it, tells “us how Ham reads Genesis having already assumed the point that has to be argued.” Enns moves through the first major points of the poster to show his audience how these arguments do not hold water and engages them without being belittling or rude. I would not be surprised, unfortunately, if Ken Ham and the rest of the guys at Answers in Genesis ignore this criticism and refuse to engage with any ideas outside of their own minority view.
Re: your comment that you would not be surprised if Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis will ignore Enns’ criticism, and that they refuse to “engage with any ideas outside of their own minority view,” you were wrong. See http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2012/12/14/peter-enns-mutilating-gods-word/ , which also links to a lengthy critque of Enns’ caustic blog, written by AiG’s Dr. Terry Mortenson.
In addition, on most Fridays on our website (and on other days) and often in our blogs, we engage the views of our critics. Furthermore, when we make a suggestion to academics that they engage us in a public forum (or debate) in order to have more discussion, 99.9% of the time they either say no or ignore us.
Criticize us if you will, but please be fair. Thank you, and Merry Christmas. Mark Looy, AiG
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