Kevin Graham wrote:Yeah I think Dave is still sore with me....
There's a lot more to the history than Kevin's brief, misconstrued memory of the past. Personally, I'm not interesting in rehearsing all of the details, suffice it to say that given my ill-tempered disposition, Kevin makes it extremely hard for me to strive to live my religion.
My first encounter with David as an apologist was when I kindly corrected something he said in reference to the biblical word tselem. I showed him a scripture that he said didn't exist, which is something he should have already known since he was the scholar and this in his particular field of expertise. He did not take kindly to being corrected on the subject, and seems to have carried a grudge ever since. I have the original exchange on another computer and sometimes I read it in amazement atthe way he postures himself as a lecturer above reproach. The rest of us are only here to learn from him. Bokovoy is not someone who easily gives in to being wrong
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Now the truth: I was aware of Psalm 39:6 prior to Kevin's post. Like many other biblical scholars, I simply disagreed then, like I do now that the word
tselm is used in the way Kevin assumed.
Later I would correct his silly argument about Joseph Smith's misunderstanding of Revelation 1:6. That exchange is still up in Celestial forum somewhere (I will dig for the link later) I remember him leaving the debate saying he appreciated me giving him much to think about after several days of throwing the kitchen sink at me and watching everything fall flat. I thought maybe his attitude towards me had changed for the best.
I honestly don't remember the details of this discussion, so I can't say with any degree of certainty what did or did not occur. All I recall is that my position was/is that from my theological perspective, Joseph could be both inspired and technically wrong in his interpretation of a scriptural passages' original meaning, as is the case with the Prophet's comments on Revelation 1:6. I don't need to throw anything at you to sustain that view.
And then there was the conniption fit he had after I brought up Ritner's email two years ago. He desperately ran to the defense of his mentor (Peterson) and tried every trick he could come up with to divert attention away from them, and onto me. Starting a thread at MAD attacking me from every angle knowing perfectly well I could not post there to defend myself.
I do have a life outside of my online interactions with you, Kevin. I vaguely remember this event occurring, but I don't even remember any of the details, and to be honest couldn't care less.