Ten Years of Tekton

[fm93]

Gosh, Holding. I was dragged here by Tekton too! A nefarious one you are, aren't you?

[Chrawnus]

And I thought it was all Jaltus fault?

And it was Turkel's() fault I ended up on TWeb too. My uncle lent me his copy of the Impossible Faith along with a bunch of other books, such as the Mormon Defender, and from there I got wind of of tektonics.org, which then led me to TheologyWeb.

[jpholding]

And it was Turkel's() fault I ended up on TWeb too. My uncle lent me his copy of the Impossible Faith along with a bunch of other books, such as the Mormon Defender, and from there I got wind of of tektonics.org, which then led me to TheologyWeb.

Your uncle? By what name do I know him (or do I)?

[Chrawnus]

Your uncle? By what name do I know him (or do I)?

I don't know if you know him or not. His name is Rolf Lampa.

[Manwë Súlimo]

Stupid big-headed Turkel and his gallstones brought me here too.

[Sparko]

So I wonder if theologyweb pays JP a commission for bringing us all here, or charges him a fine?

[jpholding]

I don't know if you know him or not. His name is Rolf Lampa.

Yes indeed! I don't hear from him often but I know him well. I'm doing a bit of freelance research for him now, waiting on some books to come in.

[Andius]

In many ways, I feel somewhat indebted to the Tektonics Ministry. The combined arguments of JPH effectively disabled any objections I once had towards Christianity

And I ran into it in a most peculiar fashion. October 2007 When my beliefs in Christianity were wavering, At the time I was checking out the arguments of Creation Ministries, and one individual that constantly kept standing out was JPH (His aggressive and satirical demanour was unlike anything I had ever seen before), so I thought "If this ministry trusts this guy, then he must be worth something, gonna check him out". The fact that he tackled matters in ways I had never seen before, and offering arguments unlike any other Christian Apologist (The radical, yet sound proposal of the Impossible Faith Thesis for example). Glenn Beck was also a major influence as well, a HUGE heavyweight in apologetics, complementing each other effectively. The way JPH did not shy away from a challenge (within his field of course), got me thinking "Maybe the Christian beliefs merely not just worth believing, but worth fighting and protecting". By the end of 2007, my beliefs were back within the Christian orthodoxy, and have not stopped defending it ever since . It delights me that the Christian tradition I hold is virtually the same identical one found in 1st Century AD (Thanks to Tekton's thesis in comprehending Christianity back in it's original ancient terms), and even pride myself in it, in a manner of speaking.

Thank you again JP. Your hard work and dedication to the Church and ultimately God, you at least brought this lost soul back into the fold of Truth. To see this ministry die out is a horrendous thought. It is within my hope that one day I will be able to support financially this ministry, they are worthy of it.

[fm93]

Glenn Beck was also a major influence as well, a HUGE heavyweight in apologetics, complementing each other effectively.

I assume you mean Glenn Miller, right?

Oh, and I agree with your post.

[Andius]

I assume you mean Glenn Miller, right?

Oh, and I agree with your post.

Agh, yes. Brain typo, quickest association for me for the name Glenn. *_*

[Chrawnus]

Agh, yes. Brain typo, quickest association for me for the name Glenn. *_*

You should start associating it with Miller instead, it would do you good.

[Ben Zwycky]

I discovered Christian Think Tank and Tekton at the same time, I found them while looking for materials to respond to someone about the historicity of Easter, I lurked around here for a couple of years reading old debates and discussions before signing up, have found Tekton and this site to be extremely useful and encouraging, I occasionally get the opportunity to present some of the stuff I've learned here and there in my church (in Czech), including a lot of things I doubt they would have heard about otherwise, so you've been a real blessing in that, thank you.

[jpholding]

At the time I was checking out the arguments of Creation Ministries, and one individual that constantly kept standing out was JPH (His aggressive and satirical demanour was unlike anything I had ever seen before), so I thought "If this ministry trusts this guy, then he must be worth something, gonna check him out". The fact that he tackled matters in ways I had never seen before, and offering arguments unlike any other Christian Apologist (The radical, yet sound proposal of the Impossible Faith Thesis for example). Glenn Beck was also a major influence as well, a HUGE heavyweight in apologetics, complementing each other effectively. The way JPH did not shy away from a challenge (within his field of course), got me thinking "Maybe the Christian beliefs merely not just worth believing, but worth fighting and protecting".

This is precisely why I tell people that it is foolish to demand that I become some kissy kissy apologist who never says a word that offends some tight-pants somewhere. People who says such things have no respect for others who think differently than they do and need different kinds of encouragement.

I don't think I need to name names, but I imagine you'd be tagged a spawn of Satan by a certain we know who who would see this.

[Benson Shays]

Agh, yes. Brain typo, quickest association for me for the name Glenn. *_*

This is perhaps the greatest typo I've ever had the pleasure of stumbling upon.

EDIT:
And I agree with Andius' comments about your humor, JP. I remember, for example, a line from an old Tekton article about Michael Shermer - something like: "If Shermer ever participated in a scholarly debate with the likes of us at Tekton, he'd end up on the business end of a steam roller."

[Andius]

This is precisely why I tell people that it is foolish to demand that I become some kissy kissy apologist who never says a word that offends some tight-pants somewhere. People who says such things have no respect for others who think differently than they do and need different kinds of encouragement.

Much agreed. Personally, I had considered you almost like a rapper in a rap battle. I think you once mentioned that you involved yourself a bit in a game of dozens or something like that.

I don't think I need to name names, but I imagine you'd be tagged a spawn of Satan by a certain we know who who would see this.

Hah, if said person were in front of me, id grab my car stereo, plug in a track called "Tango del Pecado" (The Tango of Sin) by Reggeaton artists Calle 13, just to see if I can make her vein pop for my own amusement.

This is perhaps the greatest typo I've ever had the pleasure of stumbling upon.

And hopefully the last, heh. No more typos for you! :P