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A commenter on this blog made this insightful observation<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Ham\u2019s words actually imply (to me at least) that even if God Himself came down and said \u201cyou read My book wrong,\u201d he would reply with \u201cThis book is right and you are not God.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That pinpoints the danger in Ham\u2019s stance<\/a>, and that of others like him. In order to persuade himself that the Bible says only one thing, says it clearly, and offers no other statements to the contrary, one must already have excluded, ignored, or explained away some of what is in the Bible. And so not even the Bible is being allowed to change such a person\u2019s view of the Bible.<\/p>\n

Their ultimate authority thus turns out to be themselves, and it is not clear how or whether anyone, even God, could change their mind.<\/p>\n

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A commenter on this blog made this insightful observation: Ham\u2019s words actually imply (to me at least) that even if God Himself came down and said \u201cyou read My book wrong,\u201d he would reply with \u201cThis book is right and you are not God.\u201d That pinpoints the danger in Ham\u2019s stance, and that of others […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":21351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[903,1140,1714,5154,6131],"class_list":["post-21400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-young-earth-creationism","tag-authority","tag-bible","tag-changing-ones-mind","tag-inerrancy","tag-ken-ham"],"yoast_head":"\nWhen Nothing and No One Can Change Your Mind<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A commenter on this blog made this insightful observation: Ham's words actually imply (to me at least) that even if God Himself came down and said "you\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/02\/when-nothing-and-no-one-can-change-your-mind.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When Nothing and No One Can Change Your Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A commenter on this blog made this insightful observation: Ham's words actually imply (to me at least) that even if God Himself came down and said "you\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/02\/when-nothing-and-no-one-can-change-your-mind.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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