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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yes, Hank took on many people in the Charismatic-Pentecostal
movement and that made him lots of enemies. And as Protestantism moves away
from focusing on doctrines to practical living issues, Hank becomes less
relevant to them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 11:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Apologetics Group'; 'Jim Murphy'; 'Ward Collins'; 'Francis Thomas'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Apologetics] Re: Bible Answer Man Off the Air on WAVA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>You make a good point, Marty.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I did not listen to Hank a lot, but even listening
occassionally, I noticed how repetetive he was. He used the EXACT same
phrases over and over.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>That might be the problem with a daily radio show on
religion. It might be hard to be fresh every day.
Furthermore, there are always new people listening every day. Still,
there are people who do listen regularly and, after a while, I could see how
the program would get boring.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I've heard somewhat the same criticism about Catholic
Answers Live. One keen observer remarked that they seemed to be on
"automatic pilot." <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>But what do you do when someone asks a question on
Wednesday that someone else asked on Monday? Maybe your call screener
should tell that person, "Hey, we answered that question a couple of
days ago. If you go to our website and click on the program for that
day, you will hear the answer explained in detail." Then, you
DON'T put that call on the air and instead look for callers with questions on
OTHER subjects that have not been covered in a good while.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hank might have made too many enemies. He is
controversial WITHIN Protestantism. In fact, WAVA had a disclaimer at
the start of his program indicating that it did not reflect the views of the
station, management, or owners. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I'm wondering if WAVA discouraged CRI from keeping the
show on that station. Maybe they increased the rates so high it was no
longer cost effective for this area. It's possible WAVA did not want
Hank on their station any more.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Perhaps CRI will find another station in this area for the
Bible Answer Man, possibly the same foreign language station Catholic Answers
Live used to be on.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='color:blue'>Art</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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--- On <b>Wed, 8/5/09, Marty Rothwell <i><martyr225@cox.net></i></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: Marty Rothwell <martyr225@cox.net><br>
Subject: RE: [Apologetics] Re: Bible Answer Man Off the Air on WAVA<br>
To: "'Art Kelly'" <arthurkelly@yahoo.com>, "'Apologetics
Group'" <apologetics@gathman.org>, "'Jim Murphy'"
<jmurf80@bellsouth.net>, "'Ward Collins'"
<wcollins@netins.net>, "'Francis Thomas'"
<francis.thomas@CatholicFaithForum.com>, "'Francis Thomas'"
<francis.thomas@CatholicFaithForum.com><br>
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 9:09 AM<o:p></o:p></p>
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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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><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"><u><span
style='color:blue'>Luke 22:19</span></u></a>)...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'><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" target="_blank"><u><span
style='color:blue'>http://www.equip.org/perspectives/the-catholic-mass</span></u></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>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>(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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto'>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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