So, as I understand the rules, it is OK to find the most extreme examples of any theology and consider them to be the norm.
Do I have that right?
I was not suggesting they are necessarily the norm. But it is true that all these ideas were or are tolerated, if not accepted, within the fundamentalist/dispensationalist camp. I’m not at all convinced that they are extreme within the general framework of dispensational theology.
But that does bring up an interesting and related topic, who is to say what is "the norm" when it comes to dispensationalism?
Hagee has lots of followers. Why is he not the norm? Is the "leaky dispensationalism" of John MacArthur the norm, or the hard core version of Tommy Ice?
Do the progressives down at DTS get a vote as to what should be considered "the norm" vs. extremism.