Hi Neal,
When you would not respond to my question about your MLIS designation; I went to Google and found it. I am not sure why you would not just answer my question; for I greatly admire Librarians. From my earliest childhood, I practically lived at the Sheffield Public Library -- and in high school, one of my favorite teachers was Mrs. Berryman, our librarian. Having left Sheffield when I was seventeen, just out of high school in 1955 -- and not being able to visit during the school year for thirty-five years; I was greatly surprised when I did visit to find Mrs. Berryman still remembered me. She was the only teacher still at SHS from my time; so, I went to her office to say hello. When I went in, I said, "Hi, Mrs. Berryman, you don't remember me; but, I just wanted to come by and say hello." Her reply shocked me, "Hi Billy, we were just talking about you last week." Those were her exact words -- and I have to admit that I was very surprised. I did not tell her my name; she instantly recognized me, after thirty-five years, and knew my name. It still amazes me -- but, then, Librarians have to be special people.
Anyway, when I Googled, I found this web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Library_and_Information_Science and it tells us:
The Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) is the masters degree that is required for most professional librarian positions. The MLIS is a relatively recent degree; an older and still common degree designation for librarians to acquire is the Master of Library Science (MLS), or Master Science in Library Science (MSLS) degree.
The MLIS or MLS degree is usually acquired from an accredited library school. The American Library Association accredits programs across the U.S. and Canada.
As I said, next to knowledgeable pastors, theologians, and Creation Scientists -- the people I admire most would be authors and librarians. To me, books are life blood. Without books, life would be empty. People who write books and people who tend our libraries are very special people -- for they help influence the minds of children and adult alike.
And, without my own personal home library, it would be like life without food.
Now, to get to a statement in your recent post, "In short, other than examples in how not to conduct scholarly communication, the works of the various creation institutes and quarterlies ought to be avoided, lest one fall into a life of ridicule and righteous small circle intellectual incest."
You are not a scientist; yet, you pass judgment upon scientists -- even those who have attained the pinnacle of a Ph.D., or multiple Ph.D.s in their chosen fields. This does make me question your motive and your judgment; it also makes me question your objectivity. It appears to me that you have taken the atheist stance, "Don't bother me with facts. My mind is made up!"
And you accuse those of us who believe in the Bible of circular reasoning. Yet, you, Fish, Deep, and all the other atheist make bold statements -- and then attribute them to Dawkins, Hitchens, and Darwin, your bible writers. While pointing your finger at us and accusing us of circular reasoning -- you then do exactly what you accuse us of doing. I know, you are just hoping that no one will notice -- that you fellows have a wee bit of the intellectual incest bug within your own religion.
Yet, you do allow me an opportunity to share the Gospel with our Forum Friends. And, for that, I thank you.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill Gray
billdory@pacbell.net
Alabama bred,
California fed,
Blessed by God to be a Christian American!
