As a graduate of the aforementioned Honors Program, I understand …

Comment on PUC Professor: The Noachian Flood was just a local flood? by Peter Katz.

As a graduate of the aforementioned Honors Program, I understand that changing people’s minds about first principles is nigh impossible; as a human who has had some interaction with other humans, I also know that convincing people to change their opinions of other institutions and people is also virtually impossible without at least an unconscious desire not to hold the opinion currently held.

Therefore, I post only to support Dr. Ness (who, I must add, frequently frustrated me in the class I had from him on his insistence on the validity of Creation (over-against beliefs I formed on my own, to the occasional chagrin of other Honors Program professors, who should not be held at fault for my own opinions)). If the Honors Program and the other fantastic professors at PUC taught me anything, it is that I will always support one who openly explores while holding to his or her beliefs over those who sustain their beliefs through fear.