Reply Underway: The Pain of Part-Time Apologetics
Posted by Cory Tucholski on September 15, 2007
Were I a full-time apologist, I would already have finished my reply to Dave Armstrong’s posts on the Vicar of Christ. But, since I have very limited time on my hands, I haven’t yet even started. My printer is broken, which means I’ve had to borrow my in-law’s printer to even print out the material. And, Dave’s blog is a case study in how not to design a website, so printing the material I wanted became an exercise in finding it within the HTML code and snipping out what I didn’t want. It cut the final printed document from 22 pages to 11 pages.
I should have the final reply ready within a few days, and edited by Friday at the latest. Thank you all for your patience.
September 17, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I think it’s good: the longer you take, the better chance it’ll have some halfway decent arguments in it that I can grapple with. Take six months.
To parody your words:
“Cory’s blog is a case study in how not to design an argument.”
I’d much rather have a lousy design (a subjective thing) than lousy arguments (something objective that can be examined and refuted).
September 17, 2007 at 9:26 pm
I’m glad you took this news in stride.
I’m praying with you for your family concerns that you mentioned on your blog. The Lord is good, and He always sees us through our rough spots.
September 17, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Thanks much for the prayers. I appreciate it. In fact, the matter came to a good outcome today and is essentially over with. God is indeed good, and merciful! All things work together for good . . .