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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I had listened to him when I was a Protestant. It was also
by listening to him that I became somewhat dissolute with Protestantism, because
he would give one interpretation to a verse, and I would have a different one, and
I thought, “Which one of us is right?” After awhile I
could see his answers were always the same, as if he had a computer screen with
ready made verses and responses for each type of question. And
apologetics is a somewhat limited field, so after hearing the same types of
questions, with his same responses (which I may or may not agree with) it would
get boring, and I eventually began listening to something else.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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apologetics-bounces@gathman.org [mailto:apologetics-bounces@gathman.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Art Kelly<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Apologetics Group; Jim Murphy; Ward Collins; Francis Thomas; Francis
Thomas<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Apologetics] Re: Bible Answer Man Off the Air on WAVA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>A commentary by Hank on the Mass on the CRI website
states in part:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>"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 href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/nkjv/Luke%2022.19"
target="_blank">Luke 22:19</a>)...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>"We
believe that Christ is truly present during Communion, but we certainly
cannot go along with the doctrine of transubstantiation."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>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></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style='color:blue'>Art</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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--- On <b>Tue, 8/4/09, Francis Thomas <i><francis.thomas@catholicfaithforum.com></i></b>
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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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>God bless<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Francis<br>
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--- On <b>Mon, 8/3/09, Art Kelly <i><arthurkelly@yahoo.com></i></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: Art Kelly <arthurkelly@yahoo.com><br>
Subject: 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><br>
Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 8:09 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>And he moderated--even-handedly!--the famous radio
debate between James White and James Akin, which was a significant
victory for Akin. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>(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.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hank was not all bad all the time. On some
matters not affecting the Church, I sometimes agreed with him, at least
partially.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style='color:blue'>Art</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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