tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12582622.post114748045951577493..comments2007-04-15T13:40:25.604-04:00Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09241416669348960693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12582622.post-1147622691346851342006-05-14T12:04:00.000-04:002006-05-14T12:04:00.000-04:00I haven't run into anything about Thomas Ice, and if plaigarism and insufficient academic credentially was all it would take to undermine the religious right then we'd all be the happier for it, but I don't think so. The fact is that to many in this group live on specious conclusions and half-baked truth, and sometimes the only truth that matters to them is the truth they come up with on their own. <BR/><BR/>So in my mind this is a group of individuals who have little need to meet the standards of truth or anything else that most of the "real" world adheres to, and far too many people out there are all too happy to believe what they're told by these folks.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09641654384333154926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12582622.post-1147586374985952422006-05-14T01:59:00.000-04:002006-05-14T01:59:00.000-04:00What insights, what a timely blog! Both Falwell and LaHaye lean on Thomas Ice whom they view as a great researcher, but they don't want anyone to find "Thomas Ice (Bloopers)" on Yahoo and Google. Why? Because that article graphically shows that "Dr." Ice (whose honorary doctorate came from an unaccredited crackerbox!) somehow left out 49 words while copying a short historical document - and that LaHaye's reproduction of it several years later omitted the same 49 words in the same places! Amazingly, the Religious Right's Achilles' heel of historical sloppiness combined with plagiarism - eithr one of which could topple that movement - are the very things that have been ovrlooked the most by the RR's most vocal critics! Other insightful articles on Yahoo etc. include "Appendix F: Thou Shalt Not Steal" (plagiarism in Falwell, LaHaye etc.), "Pretrib Rapture Diehards" (newly found historical documents that are devastating to the RR), and "Pretrib Hypocrisy" (proving that RR leaders often don't practice what they preach!). Great reads all! THE OBSERVERAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com