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SHOWDOWN CITY br> Re: Hunter Baker's Baylor Epilogue and the "Shoe Shine" exchange in Reader Mail's Commission Imaginings : /p> p>"If Baylor succeeds, it will join Notre Dame in a Catholic-Protestant combo that will provide a compelling alternative to dominant academic presuppositions which casually discount the Christian tradition," Hunter Baker writes. Although such a situation would be very welcome among serious thinkers, this is highly unlikely. Notre Dame long ago abandoned any semblance of support to Roman Catholic or even Christian tenants in favor supporting and spreading the Leftist Demo-liberalism "religion." I wish Baylor all the best in its br> battle to the very top. br> -- Richard Ptak /p>

My apologies in advance for the ongoing "Showdown City"... but I just can't resist since Mr. Baker gets more paranoid, and makes less sense with every response/article. It's tough being a conservative that disdains religious intrusion into my life or using my tax dollars.

Mr. Baker: I don't understand the complete love affair with Dr. Sloan, but then again, I'm a recovering Southern Baptist so maybe it is just not meant to be. You mentioned in your latest article "American Christians who have pinned their hopes on Baylor making good on its bid to scale the top tier of research universities while reinforcing its Christian identity." Research is scientific in nature; religion is faith based. Mixing religion with science is an atrocious idea prone to promoting ones "research" to support a theocratic agenda .

Mr. Baker states "it's quite possible that Baylor will host the finest collection of Christian scholars on the planet and will amaze the academic world with the treasures that grow out of the renewal of the Christian mind. When that day comes, the town of Waco, intersected by the Brazos River whose full name means 'Arms of God,' will become the juncture of Athens and Jerusalem it has so long aspired to be."

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