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Lundahl (2022q) has Never Met my Nieces and He has No Grounds to Comment on My Relationship with Them

Kevin R. Henke

September 23, 2022

In Henke (2022r), I mention that we all need mentors. I further stated:

“In an email on May 17, 2022 (12:41 PM US Eastern Time), Mr. Lundahl makes the following complaint about my protests over his vague writing style, unacceptable misspellings, and poor referencing:

“You are very welcome to argue with me on the issue, and to use your format while I use mine, but trying to play the role of a mentor to a man already 53 is highly offensive to me.”

Considering Mr. Lundahl’s behavior, I’m not impressed with him being 53. I have nieces that are older than him and, to give you a rough idea of my age, I babysat them in the early 1970s.”

Lundahl (2022q) then tries to be funny by making the following comment that is totally inappropriate:

“I certainly hope for his nieces' sake he's not trying to mentor them, now! They'd be annoyed, and rightly so.”

Of course, Mr. Lundahl has never met my nieces, he knows absolutely nothing about them and he barely knows anything about me to be able to judge any of the relationships in my family. My oldest two nieces are liberal Protestant pastors. I get along with them very well, even though we don’t always agree on religion and politics. Contrary to Mr. Lundahl’s groundless speculation, we certainly treasure each others’ advice and mentoring. After knowing them for over 55 years and considering their professional training in theology, I can say that if they read Mr. Lundahl’s essays, they would likely pity his outdated and thoroughly mistaken 16^th century theology and geocentric worldview. Nevertheless, here’s the most important part of Henke (2022r) that I was trying to stress, which Lundahl (2022q) should actually have discussed:

“As for me, I have greatly appreciated being mentored by a number of people. When my parents were alive, they mentored me and gave me wise advice. My wife certainly gives me valuable advice and mentors me on a daily basis. My friend John was 23 years older than me and was a valuable friend, a hero of the Civil Rights movement and a wise mentor. Unfortunately, he passed away several years ago.”

So, what mentors does Mr. Lundahl have? Who is there to correct him when he is wrong?