J.P. Holding

I visited the J.P. Holding site and read some of his refutations to your arguments. He certainly has an attitude about you folks! I have corresponded with Dennis McKinsey and have read his Biblical Errancy articles. While he does seem a stickler for detail and likes to point out any error, he is always good-mannered and makes a sincere effort to debate using reason and logic. He has also been very responsive to my questions and helpful as well. J.P. Holdings' Rogues gallery is pretty shrill to say the least. He also claims Jephthah (Judges 11) did not actually sacrifice his daughter! He says he did not go through with it. Clearly Judges 11:39 says he did. I found that error in his commentary on Wayne Harrington. Basically he asserts that all Godly outrages are simply giving the victems what they want and deserve. He had no answer to the Jesus (offspring of David) problem but refers that "old tired" problem as being answered before by others. My question is: What did you and other skeptics do to get this guy so worked up? He has a level of smugness that doesn't do much to win converts that I can see.

brad XXXX.net
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