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I would suggest that it depends upon where published and what evidence it presents to support its contents.
Your worried about "Caribou disturbances" when we develop our resources in Alaska. There are lots of laws to protect the wildlife and we should be concerned because they are all a part of God's creation. But should we not be more worried about the disturbances they cause for us as we develop our resources? My son has done some camping in Alaska, and twice he has had his tent tore up by bears that smell some sort of food and they are looking for it.
If a creationist is published it depends but if a evolutionist is published then it is rock solid indisputable evidence? Ye olde double standard rears it's ugly head again.
I do not think very many people argue against the incarnation simply because they have no idea what it means. Anymore then they know what it means to be Baptized in or filled with the Holy Spirit. They do not even understand what Logos is or means, must less are they able to conceptualize what part God may play in the equation.
You do not have to wonder, he listed his publications so you can go read them and check them out for yourself. I was looking at his publication for protecting the wildlife as they develop our resources in Alaska. The wildlife protection laws are very strict in Alaska, so this is something people are very concerned with.
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES ESTABLISHED
You can live in a unrealistic, egotistical world if you like to, but the facts still remain.
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with my post, but what I'm saying is, the most important thing that any of us will do in our lives is decide that Jesus is God and come to Him, or decide that He was just a lunatic, or worse yet, a "guru" or "spiritual guide or teacher". People all have different individual stumbling blocks keeping them from flying into the arms of Jesus Christ, and it is an act of will and faith that is different for all of us to get over whatever those stumbling blocks are, because if we don't, we're missing out on The Way, The Truth and The Life. For some, that stumbling block is a problem with the Old Testament of the Bible. If that is a person's stumbling block, as it was for me at first, I was recommending what worked for me, and that was to approach the Old Testament at first THROUGH Christ. (The New Testament, The living Word of God). Once I had gotten past the harder part of that, THEN I went into a more focused study, and leaned about modes of literature, types of books, the context of the times, hyperbole, typology, etc. etc. etc. But to this day, what is most important to me about the OT, is that Jesus inspired it through His Holy Spirit, and quoted it all during the incarnation. So if one can start with cross referencing His quotes from the Torah and Talmud, then that might be ONE method of beginning to approach some of the Old Testament books. Then once one is secure in the fact they all essentially point to Christ, and become more secure in their faith in Christ, and if one prays for increases in faith, hope and charity, then the stumbling blocks one might trip over in the OT will be removed, and we may better understand what the proper take away is from OT Scripture is in reference to the Word becoming flesh and living among us. Your mileage may vary. It was a helpful approach for me in my individual journey to Jesus.
