wow - long post, but worth the read!

it's interesting to me that a generation of leaders [in & out of church] that have their understanding of the world rooted so deeply in what we can know, and have knowledge of, can be so often caught in a battle of words lacking a depth of knowledge of the topic.
it's seems obvious to me that when the conversation of emergent [or similar lables & discussions] the conversation, almost immediately become emotional; a human response that has been highly criticized within the emergent group.

there seems to be a disconnect between talking about what we really know of someone/something and allowing the emotions run the show. the modern value of concrete knowledge & research seems to go out the window, at least for some.

Definitely Nathan. It seems like a classic case of "it's over my head, so it must be the devil".

Although, I must confess a hypocrisy... I've used that argument before in my high school chemistry class...