Good, but don’t use him as an excuse not to think carefully. I say this because so many use him as a convenient crutch rather than a resource.

Which is why when some have unknowingly encountered his daughter and closest disciple in a debate, they tell her she should read him.

I can assure you that every word he speaks on this topic is not inerrant. He has been immensely helpful to me in my efforts to think carefully about these things. Often he has won me over and just as often I’ve noticed inconsistencies, contradiction, and errors.

Am I claiming to be wiser or sharper than Voddie? No. My late philosophy professor, elder, and first-born’s namesake, Dr. Walter Wynn Kenyon, always reminded me that we stand on the shoulder’s of giants.