Dodging
BASHIR: So, why do you choose, for example, to accept and promote the works of the early writer Origen and not, for example, Arius who took a view of Jesus' deity as being not God? Why do you select one and not select the other?
BELL: Because first and foremost, I'm a pastor, and so I deal with real people in a real world asking and wrestling with these issues of faith. What I have discovered over and over again is there are people who have questions and hunches and have sort of, "I'm really struggling with this," and when you can simply give them the gift of, "By the way, within the Christian tradition, there are scholars and theologians and there are other people who have had the same questions. They have had the same theories."
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The question asked is avoided.
posted by Steven at 6:35 PM
1 Comments:
that was a very...interesting interview. Bell avoiding question after question and Bashir asking questions that were, at times, unfairly leading/phrased (eg "one review says 'the history is inaccurate and the use of scripture indefensible.' that's true, isn't it?" what kind of question is that??)
it was simultaneously enjoyable and infuriating to see Bell squirm and dodge all the questions, though.
7:22 PM
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