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<DIV>A commentary by Hank on the Mass on the CRI website states in part:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">"Now, though we differ with the Catholic view on Communion, we do share some points in common as well. For example, we concur that Communion is biblical, since Christ instituted it and commanded His followers to continue the practice in His remembrance (<A class=lbsBibleRef href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/nkjv/Luke%2022.19" target=_blank lbsReference="Luke 22.19|NKJV">Luke 22:19</A>)...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">"We believe that Christ is truly present during Communion, but we certainly cannot go along with the doctrine of transubstantiation."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">The full commentary on this matter is at <A href="http://www.equip.org/perspectives/the-catholic-mass">http://www.equip.org/perspectives/the-catholic-mass</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>Art</FONT></STRONG></DIV><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 8/4/09, Francis Thomas <I><francis.thomas@catholicfaithforum.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Francis Thomas <francis.thomas@catholicfaithforum.com><BR>Subject: Re: Bible Answer Man Off the Air on WAVA<BR>To: "Apologetics Group" <apologetics@gathman.org>, "Jim Murphy" <jmurf80@bellsouth.net>, "Ward Collins" <wcollins@netins.net>, "Francis Thomas" <francis.thomas@CatholicFaithForum.com>, "Art Kelly" <arthurkelly@yahoo.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 9:50 PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>CRI's attacks on Mary are well-known (and a book was published documenting the Catholic response). I did not have much respect for him. I recall a few years ago a caller had asked him about the Eucharist and the belief in the real presence that the caller's colleagues at work had. Hank simply dismissed this as Catholic superstition.</DIV>
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<DIV>Francis<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 8/3/09, Art Kelly <I><arthurkelly@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Art Kelly <arthurkelly@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: Bible Answer Man Off the Air on <SPAN>WAVA</SPAN><BR>To: "Apologetics Group" <apologetics@gathman.org>, "Jim Murphy" <jmurf80@bellsouth.net>, "Ward Collins" <wcollins@netins.net>, "Francis Thomas" <francis.thomas@CatholicFaithForum.com><BR>Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 8:09 PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>When the Bible Answer Man program was not on WAVA today (Focus on the Family was in its place), I called the station and was told it is no longer being carried locally.</DIV>
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<DIV>As you may know, the Christian Research Institute (CRI) pays to run the program on radio stations around the county. The person at WAVA said that CRI was not willing to continue to run the program here, because there were insufficient financial contributions from this area to support it.</DIV>
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<DIV>A number of years ago, the program was broadcast live on WAVA from 6 to 7 PM Eastern. Then, it started being run on a tape-delayed basis from 7 to 8 PM. Now, it is off the air entirely.</DIV>
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<DIV>I check the CRI website and found a list of only 108 stations now carrying the program nationally, not counting the XM satellite radio The only one station in Virginia is in Richmond. There were none in Washington, D.C. There was one station in Maryland, but I was not familiar with the name of the city where the station is located.</DIV>
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<DIV>For several months I've been on the Bible Answer Man e-mail list, having signed up through the WAVA website, and received an e-mail recently from Hank attacking the Catholic Church on a historical matter in which I believe he is mistaken. I was preparing a reply, and may still complete it, but wonder if I should bother. If I do, I'll send you a Bcc of the message I send to Hank.</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't know if it is the recession or what, but it looks like CRI may be in financial trouble. In a way, I'm a little sad. While Hank could not resist criticizing Catholicism from time to time, I've also heard him DEFEND the Church from some far-out attacks by extra-chromosome fundamentalists.</DIV>
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<DIV>And he moderated--even-handedly!--the famous radio debate between James White and James Akin, which was a significant victory for Akin. </DIV>
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<DIV>(Of course, in another debate between White and Tim Staples, Hank was NOT even-handed and it was ended up being, essentially, Hank and White against Staples, who did not do too well. My guess is that Hank got a lot of criticism from Protestants for being too fair in the first debate. He made up for it in the debate with Staples.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Hank was not all bad all the time. On some matters not affecting the Church, I sometimes agreed with him, at least partially.</DIV>
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