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To: jude24
To the contrary, those with whom I have thus far come into contact seem to have as their primary focus the spread of this particular teaching.

The author's point. He's saying that, in his experience, preterists are busy spreading the points of preterism. I wouldn't argue with him about his experience?

36 posted on 04/12/2007 8:01:02 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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To: xzins
He's saying that, in his experience, preterists are busy spreading the points of preterism. I wouldn't argue with him about his experience?

Experience is a weak argument. Fanatics exist on all sides of an argument. There are Rapture-obsessed Dispensationialists who are so narrowly focused on the Rapture that it colors their every exegesis. (I grew up heavily influenced by such people.)

So, frankly, bollucks to his experience. I have mine too - it doesn't prove diddley-squat.

39 posted on 04/12/2007 8:07:01 PM PDT by jude24 (Seen in Beijing: "Shangri-La is in you mind, but your Buffalo is not.")
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To: xzins; jude24
I wouldn't argue with him about his experience?

Natch. He probably knows about as many preterists and their personal evangelistic habits as you do.

As a seasoned veteran of the PCA, I can tell you that I’m not very impressed when folks bring up that tired argument, whether it be used against preterism, postmillennialism, strict subscriptionism, theonomy, even good, old-fashion Southern Presbyterianism. The speaker is more-often-than-not clueless.

42 posted on 04/12/2007 8:15:01 PM PDT by topcat54
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To: xzins
The author's point. He's saying that, in his experience, preterists are busy spreading the points of preterism. I wouldn't argue with him about his experience?

Is that the best you can offer in criticism of preterism? Somebody's experience?!?

Funny how you would go to such great lengths to defend a statement by the author that has NOTHING to do with the Scriptural and doctrinal issues at stake. Rather than focusing on the issue of preterism in light of Scripture, you're bent on defending this guy's unquestionable "experience" regarding the behavior of preterists (even though his experience is easily demonstrable as not being indicative of how many preterists actually behave).

Is this guilt-by-association argument really that important to you?

46 posted on 04/12/2007 8:21:12 PM PDT by Frumanchu (Historical Revisionism: When you're tired of being on the losing side of history.)
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