[drstevej]

Somehow the nickname "Corny" for Cornelius Van Til is a misfire.
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He was professor emeritus at WTS when I was there and he spent his time on campus just making himself available to students. What a remarkable and godly man.

Some pretty solid dudes at the foundation of WTS and the OPC.

Now Carl "Whacky" McIntyre is another story....

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Somehow the nickname "Corny" for Cornelius Van Til is a misfire.

I'm a huge VanTillian in many areas, but "Corny" is not entirely off the mark. I recently read a funny review from John W. Robbins**

** -- Calvinist Chief of Staff to the honorable Rep. Ron Paul, the Libertarian (okay, "Republican") US Representative from Texas; and Editor of the textbook LOGIC: In the Beginning was the Logic, And the Logic was with God, And the Logic was God.

In reference to Van Til's penchant for ambiguity in expression, Robbins related a toast given (not by him) in Van Til's honor at some Reformed holiday dinner:

"Many would say that the greatest mind of this part of the Twentieth Century would be that of Professor Albert Einstein. But as for myself, I would propose our own Cornelius Van Til. (robust applause) After all, it is said that only eleven men in the entire world can understand Einstein; but nobody -- nobody on God's green earth -- can understand anything Van Til says." (much applause and much laughter)

I'll try to scare up the actual citation if I can find it. ;-)

best, OP