I am an alumni of PUC, and I agree with …

Comment on PUC Professor: The Noachian Flood was just a local flood? by Ariane (Gregory) Katz.

I am an alumni of PUC, and I agree with many of the comments posted by other students and alumni. I don’t believe I can make anymore excellent a case for the beliefs and character of Dr. Ness than others have done. What I want to add concerns more of the context of this discussion/lecture.

It is important to note that the video is both illegally posted and has the characteristics of faulty proof-texting–there is no introduction or class context from which to base any judgments about Dr. Ness or PUC.

One more detail. I worked in the Religion Department as a reader for all four years of my attendance. There is no question in my mind that, had this been “Debunk the Bible”, one or both Religion professors that were in the room would have immediately challenged what Dr. Ness was saying, bringing in their own knowledge of support of the Biblical record. (And the two professors that are reported to be present in the article are both intelligent and well able to do this.) Debunking the Bible was and is not the intent of Dr. Ness, hence the Religion professors actively participated in the discussion. Instead, the context is about what issues the future pastors and theologians will face in their ministry–what is occurring in the world, including popular belief and the subsequent implications.