Jun 6, 2012 -- 9:13PM, world citizen wrote:

???  Not the Ocean at my disposal... 

I downloaded mine quite recently.

"Today apology prevails in forensics, politics, teaching and certainly in advocacy journalism. Apology is implicit in the praise and maintenance of any socio-political system and/or world view. Indeed, David J. Krieger writes that the situation of 'radical pluralism' today is an outcome of 'apologetic universalism' in which both Christian theology and secular humanism (ironically), and indeed all western thinking are based on the 'apologetic method'.[10] Faced with what he sees as the collapse of both, Krieger seeks 'presuppositions for a global theology',[11] which seems to be increasingly taking the form of a new apologetic for a global society in which pluralism is increasingly becoming the norm.
.......... [10. Krieger, op. cit. pp. 17f.]
.......... [11. ibid. pp. 37-44.]

{Making the Crooked Straight} presents itself as a variation of 'answering theology'. In Paul Tillich's monumental three-volume work, [Systematic Theology},[12] answering theology forms part of the method of 'correlation', a method that is basically apologetic. In {A History of Christian Thought} Tillich writes: 'This is the apologetic form of theology which I use in my own  xix  systematic theology, that is, the correlation between question and answer.'[13]

    (German Scholarship, Making the Crooked Straight, p. xviii [Jack McLean's intro])

Jun 7, 2012 -- 11:00AM, world citizen wrote:

Jun 7, 2012 -- 1:37AM, Sen_McGlinn wrote:

Jun 6, 2012 -- 9:13PM, world citizen wrote:

???  Not the Ocean at my disposal... 

I downloaded mine quite recently.

"Today apology prevails in forensics, politics, teaching and certainly in advocacy journalism. Apology is implicit in the praise and maintenance of any socio-political system and/or world view. Indeed, David J. Krieger writes that the situation of 'radical pluralism' today is an outcome of 'apologetic universalism' in which both Christian theology and secular humanism (ironically), and indeed all western thinking are based on the 'apologetic method'.[10] Faced with what he sees as the collapse of both, Krieger seeks 'presuppositions for a global theology',[11] which seems to be increasingly taking the form of a new apologetic for a global society in which pluralism is increasingly becoming the norm.
.......... [10. Krieger, op. cit. pp. 17f.]
.......... [11. ibid. pp. 37-44.]

{Making the Crooked Straight} presents itself as a variation of 'answering theology'. In Paul Tillich's monumental three-volume work, [Systematic Theology},[12] answering theology forms part of the method of 'correlation', a method that is basically apologetic. In {A History of Christian Thought} Tillich writes: 'This is the apologetic form of theology which I use in my own  xix  systematic theology, that is, the correlation between question and answer.'[13]

    (German Scholarship, Making the Crooked Straight, p. xviii [Jack McLean's intro])

Sen,

I thought you were talking about contents of the book itself.  Does the current Ocean have all 800+ pages, excerpts, or merely references to the book?

Yes, my version of Ocean has the whole of Making the Crooked Straight. 791 pages.

Hey, a green parakeet just flew past my window. That's not normal in the Netherlands!

Anytime you are taking a course (whether you pay for it or it is free) you should be concerned that you are learning correct or accurate knowledge and you should bring it to the school's, the instructor's and to the community's attention.  They may not agree with you saying that they are incorrect but you owe it to yourself, if not to others, to take a stance on this matter.

I would hope that any book claiming to be a Christian book, source or class would be accurate otherwise that throws a bad light on the concerned subject as well as putting Christians in a bad light (fairly or unfairly).  

I admit that I only know of the Baha'i faith from what little I have read and I believe that source was a "Christian apologetic" but it was a small pamphlet that compared all religions in their similarities and differences.  As far as I know, the one I read was accurate and was useful for knowing the differences between the different religions/belief systems; in any case, even if it were inaccurate I didn't put too much weight upon what I learned from it.

I'm in the particular faith I am in partly because of the early training I had as a child but also because someone introduced me to what the faith is and I've read the faith's holy book and accept what it has said and does say whether about the world in general (from a historical angle) or about man and woman and other things of the world.

That the encyclopedia got all its information from nonBaha'i sources definitely discredits the book to a large extent.  

Have a great day,
Patrick 

May we call you Patrick? (He is one of personal favourite saints.)

Jun 7, 2012 -- 3:45PM, in_my_opinion wrote:

May we call you Patrick? (He is one of personal favourite saints.)

Hello, yes you may call me Patrick and thank you for your reply and welcome...Saint Patrick is whom I was named after as it happens due to my birthday falling on his day.
Pat