Wesley Huff
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I mean, I think he eventually did send actual cease and desist letters to Mark. So that's fair.
I mean, I think he eventually did send actual cease and desist letters to Mark. So that's fair.
Yeah, I would be open to it. I mean, that was the original plan was that this interaction that we had online would be kind of a precursor to ideally ā an in-person thing with Billy.
Yeah, I would be open to it. I mean, that was the original plan was that this interaction that we had online would be kind of a precursor to ideally ā an in-person thing with Billy.
And I actually said when Billy sent me the cease and desist letter, I made a video where I said, I will actually adhere to all of the terms and conditions of this letter if you decide to run it back with me and we do it in person. Because I think Billy has a lot of claims about the Bible.
And I actually said when Billy sent me the cease and desist letter, I made a video where I said, I will actually adhere to all of the terms and conditions of this letter if you decide to run it back with me and we do it in person. Because I think Billy has a lot of claims about the Bible.
And I hope that our conversation kind of made him think twice about a lot of the claims he's made about the Bible, especially the ones that are patently false and can be verified even with just a quick Google search. But I think there are still things that Billy has said about
And I hope that our conversation kind of made him think twice about a lot of the claims he's made about the Bible, especially the ones that are patently false and can be verified even with just a quick Google search. But I think there are still things that Billy has said about
the history of Christianity, about biblical languages that do need to be corrected, not because I have some sort of vendetta against Billy, but because I want people to know what is true.
the history of Christianity, about biblical languages that do need to be corrected, not because I have some sort of vendetta against Billy, but because I want people to know what is true.
And as someone who has studied this stuff formally and does read Hebrew and Greek, and I want people to actually know what the reality of what these things concerning the historical reliability and the truthfulness and the verisimilitude of the Bible actually are.
And as someone who has studied this stuff formally and does read Hebrew and Greek, and I want people to actually know what the reality of what these things concerning the historical reliability and the truthfulness and the verisimilitude of the Bible actually are.
Yeah, I mean, it's an interesting question. I'm actually scheduled to do an online event with a guy named Aaron Abkay, who is a growing individual within. I think Aaron has more kind of his repertoire is a little bit more than Billy's. But my friend Stephen Boyce, who has a PhD and is brilliant, brilliant on church history. And I think his PhD research was actually on Gnostic gospels.
Yeah, I mean, it's an interesting question. I'm actually scheduled to do an online event with a guy named Aaron Abkay, who is a growing individual within. I think Aaron has more kind of his repertoire is a little bit more than Billy's. But my friend Stephen Boyce, who has a PhD and is brilliant, brilliant on church history. And I think his PhD research was actually on Gnostic gospels.
Him and I are going to do an interaction with Aaron and another individual as well. But I mean, off the top of my head, no one necessarily comes to mind. But there are, I mean, the internet is kind of a wild, wild west with this stuff and just claims that are made. I mean, I think it's emblematic in this conversation
Him and I are going to do an interaction with Aaron and another individual as well. But I mean, off the top of my head, no one necessarily comes to mind. But there are, I mean, the internet is kind of a wild, wild west with this stuff and just claims that are made. I mean, I think it's emblematic in this conversation
We live in this world, but we live in a world where social media has kind of designed it where we're so used to claims being thrown out, but claims are not actual evidence. And so you can make a claim where you say something and because it's in 140 characters and we're so used to that, we think that that's actually rationale, but that's not rationale. That's an assertion.
We live in this world, but we live in a world where social media has kind of designed it where we're so used to claims being thrown out, but claims are not actual evidence. And so you can make a claim where you say something and because it's in 140 characters and we're so used to that, we think that that's actually rationale, but that's not rationale. That's an assertion.
An assertion is kind of like the roof of the building. You don't start building the building by the roof. That's the last thing to go on top. the foundation, the walls, everything internal. That's the rationale and the evidence. And then you put the assertion on top. But we live in this world where everybody's throwing out assertions. And we've actually forgotten how to articulate what
An assertion is kind of like the roof of the building. You don't start building the building by the roof. That's the last thing to go on top. the foundation, the walls, everything internal. That's the rationale and the evidence. And then you put the assertion on top. But we live in this world where everybody's throwing out assertions. And we've actually forgotten how to articulate what