From: Dave Haggard (dave.haggard@mci.com)
Date: Tue Jul 30 1996 - 10:45:44 EDT
My thanks for the clarification. I'm one of the Evangelical Christians that I hope the board (and most everybody) will be sympathetic to. My seminary experience was very, very difficult, as I was an evangelical trying to study under very unsympathetic non-evangelical professors.
On the other hand, I struggle to maintain balance, and I was uncomfortable with the idea of only professing evangelicals on the proposed board.
I joined the list because my greek skills are slipping (as my post asking about John 3:16 attests-Thanks to those who took the time to answer it.), and it has already been a help in just this short week.
But just a thought: Somebody once labeled me a fundamentalist, in an attempt to slam me. I checked on the definition of what a fundamentalist is, and found that I fit the definition. But I'm not a fundamentalist by today's practices. Many of the Christians on the list, even though they are not labeled as "evangelical," may find that they fit the _definition_ of "evangelical," which may surprise them (now where's that dictionary?).
Pretty cool, huh?
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From: David John Marotta[SMTP:djm5g@virginia.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 1996 7:23 AM
To: Biblical Greek Mailing List; Biblical Hebrew Mailing List
Subject: Let me make Board qualifications clear...
>With that said, however, I wonder why only Evangelicals have been invited to
>sit on the board?
Let me make Board qualifications clear. I want only people who can be
sympathetic to evangelical Christians because they will probably
comprise the majority of those who need correction on keeping the list
on track. I do not want correction by those unsympathetic to this
perspective.
Having said that, it is also a requirement that anyone on the Board be
sympathetic toward practicing Jews.
It is possible to be sympathetic toward these positions without being
a member of these positions. I assume if you are a member that you are
sympathetic, otherwise I want to know that you are.
I thought I made this clear in my original post, but apparently I did not.
I will make it as clear as possible. Non-evangelicals who have a genuine
sympathy toward this group and are able to handle this group with patience,
time, and grace meet the criteria for Board members. Thus there is no
requirement of being an evangelical. My balance is that I don't
want a heavy handed board that will drive differentd groups from the list just
so that the rest of us can have an uninterrupted scholarly discussion.
I get too many "thank you's" from non-scholars who have had their level of
scholarship raised by sitting in and listening in on the discussions of
the giants in the field. This is a great opportunity for hundreds on
the list who know better than to post too frequently. (There are over
300 on the list). Some of these subscribers will make the mistake
of leading the list into areas it was not designed to debate. These are
the few, not the many. And most of these learn the rules and can still
enjoy the honor so long as they are handled carefullly.
If the functions of the board work properly, there will be a board member
who will handle inappropriate posts. You can rely on them to handle it
or you can send complaints to them. Members of the list will not need
to take the time to police the list on their own. Flagrantly inappropriate
posts will result in being unsubscribed from the list.
Setting and enforcing these policies will be part of the purpose of the
Board. Much of this activity will be directed towards well-meaning
evangelicals who subscribe to the list. Better FAQ's will be developed
and regularly posted to the list in order to catch and train the
subscribers who are adding the list EVERY DAY. I don't want any
scholars who have forgotten what it was like to be young and impassionate
about eternal matters. We need to have deep sympathy for those who
believe that the testament we study is their only rule in life and
doctrine, and are just learning to have a scholarly study of this
ancient text.
Hope this helps to clear things up,
David John Marotta
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