[El Scorcho]

As a result, I sincerely hope Darin Gerdes will have the decency to resign to allow this festering wound to heal. That would be the Christian thing to do.

BETSY GRZYBOWSKI
Lynchburg

I absolutely hate when atheists and other non-religious people tear down someone for their Christianity and then turn around and say they should do something because it would be the Christian thing to do. They're either hypocritical or completely snide.

How narrow-minded and intolerant of her.

[LUconn]

This has offically reached the point of insults, and is peronal to all of us.

http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Sate ... ws!letters!

By not performing your council duties with due diligence, you apparently were not aware that you dismissed a person who had actual business experience in favor of a person with no business experience at all, whose only qualifications are dubious degrees from America’s top tier “egoversities” and whose public writings show difficulty in even writing a coherent sentence.

[FlameNForest]

It's rather entertaining when liberals get their panties in a wad.

[LUconn]

hahahaha this is the dude that wrote that

http://www.canticanova.com/cnp_info/greene.htm

He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, along with the coveted Eastman Performer's Certificate, both under the tutelage of Russell Saunders. He also received a Masters in Harpsichord from Eastman, studying with Arthur Haas and Colin Tilney. Earlier studies included degrees in organ from Applachian State University and Northwestern University

So we've got a guy who has taken probably a decade to study the Organ and the Harpsicord (not to mention the tens of thousands he spent to do that) calling out 2 entire universities' validity. Cool.

[Cider Jim]

So we've got a guy who has taken probably a decade to study the Organ and the Harpsicord (not to mention the tens of thousands he spent to do that) calling out 2 entire universities' validity.

Let's just say that the good doctor's stings are way too tight. He probably wouldn't have had this problem if he would have spent all those years studying the mandolin or the banjo. You would think that a Lutheran would show more love and not be so critical.

[LUconn]

or at least you'd think he would accept that this was all predestined to happen anyway.

[LUconn]

Dr. Clauson with the smackdown!

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Debate revealing


The controversy over the appointment of Darin Gerdes to the Lynchburg School Board is very interesting and not a little revealing. I am a former Liberty University professor who ran for an at-large seat on Lynchburg City Council in the past, and I encountered similar problems.
I also had Gerdes as a student at LU some years ago and have kept in touch with him ever since. He was then and is now a man of thoughtfulness and integrity. He deserves his seat as much as any appointee to the School Board. Consider some questions:
(1) Does it matter that two councilmen were absent? Absences happen all the time. Business must go on.
(2) Would the criticism of Gerdes and the absences during the vote have happened if Gerdes had not been a Christian? Watch out for bias.
(3) Is there a “litmus test” for the School Board? So what if he has never taught or administered a public school. Neither have hundreds of school board members in the United States, appointed or elected.
(4) Isn’t Gerdes a taxpayer in Lynchburg, who is taxed to fund the public schools? As such, shouldn’t his voice be heard, especially on behalf of those taxed who do not use the public schools?
(5) Isn’t it possible that Gerdes’ background will bring a fresh perspective to the administratively top-heavy, tax-and-spend public school system? Maybe greater efficiency is in order and “insiders” have no incentive to advocate that, while “outsiders” might.
(6) Is it possible that the critics of Gerdes might do greater damage than they imagined? The biased and baseless criticisms of Gerdes’ appointment could drive even more Christians out of the public school system. They are already suspicious that government school bureaucrats despise biblical Christianity and its principles.
(7) Is it not true that everyone has a “worldview” and thus everyone brings his/her own ideas to a public body? The critics of Gerdes seem to be saying that everyone except Gerdes will be completely devoid of any core philosophical values which will be brought to the table. That is quite simply impossible. All have their philosophical “biases.”
Darin Gerdes will be a fine addition to the Lynchburg School Board. As his former professor, I will pray for him and encourage him.

KEVIN L. CLAUSON
Lynchburg

[Cider Jim]

This is front page news in today's paper:

http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Sate ... 9150&path=

And the paper copy has a big color pic of Darin in the center of the first page.

[Sly Fox]

Here is a followup from the fishwrap ...

Darin Gerdes easing into position on school board

By Annie McCallum
amccallum@newsadvance.com
December 29, 2007

It’s been six months since the school board appointment of Liberty University professor Darin Gerdes, which sparked community-wide debate and ultimately changed how City Council affirms appointments.

Gerdes’ time on the school board has been marked by relative calm, especially when compared to the fervor that surrounded his appointment in June.

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