Cheryl

While Matt Slick has declined my invitation to debate Are women forbidden by God to teach the bible with authority to men? by the intermediary words of his vice-president Diane Sellner saying that he is concerned that:

1. His words would be edited on my blog

2. I would get help from my five friends and this would not be fair

I would like to offer a solution.

Answer to #1: While I do not edit people’s posts on my blog (except when they have asked me to edit them or to remove the highest level of inflammatory name calling that is inappropriate for a Christian site and in these cases I only edit out the foul words and make a note that I have done this and to the credit of the wonderful people who come to this blog, I have only had to do this a couple of times since I started WIM), I would propose that our debate be done on a neutral site where we can both write without the blog/web site owner interfering with any of the dialog. I think this would be fair and reasonable.

Answer to #2: While I do not personally need help in defending the issue of women in ministry since I started this blog to teach others what I have learned, I wonder why Matt would be so concerned that he might not be able to answer what he calls “feminist” apologetics that he is afraid that I might get help from five others? Is the apologetics that I present and that others present so intimidating to Matt that he cannot hope to win a written debate? Sure seems odd for someone who is so assured of himself. I do not have any worries that he might get help from his ten friends so I cannot possibly see why he would run scared from those who have come to enjoy my teaching? I would suggest that Matt learns that a written debate that is available to the public is the safest way to prevent abusive mocking tones that seem to be a part of Matt’s audio “style”. It would be a good way for Matt to grow up and mature in order to learn how to debate with a loving respect for his Christian opponent.

In the next comment box I will be posting Diane’s further answer today and from her comments you will see how she has been trained to take on a mocking tone toward those who disagree with her on mere secondary issues of faith.