December 26, 2006 - 10:31 PM EST

I read his response and it does not surprise me, given the
typical tenor of his blog. What scares me is that he is influencing the thinking of impressionable individuals. I don't know why respectable Civil War bloggers would rank his site among their favorite blogs. I am not even sure that he was very happy that the casino failed at Gettysburg!
I am going to make it a point not to even read his rantings any more.

December 28, 2006 - 11:25 AM EST

Dear Sir, I have noticed that the majority of bloggers from your CW community have removed Mr. Levin’s link from their own websites and blogs. I wonder how he feels to be excommunicated by his own peers. I also find it interesting how he continues to attack the work of Mr. Williams and when comparing the two, I would like to ask him how many books has he published? How many of those books have been endorsed by Dr. Robertson? How many of those books have been made into movies? How many times has he been on television? How many seminars and symposiums has he been invited to appear as the guest of honor at? The answer is none of the above, while Mr. Williams has accomplished all of these accolades and more. The truth is that this guy is nothing more than a high school history teacher who has published a handful of articles in magazines. Not much to brag about. It is good that you are praying from him as I believe "envy" is one of the seven deadly sins. Keep up the good fight.

December 28, 2006 - 5:59 PM EST

Gentlemen, thank you very much for your words of encouragement. I am sure that Richard appreciates them too. However, I really don’t want my blog to become a forum for publicly chastising another individual. After all, that would make me (us) just as “guilty” of practicing the same kind of personal criticisms that he has. Regardless of his response over on his blog (which I took to be sarcasm), there was nothing spiteful about my post. I have sincerely pledged myself to pray on his behalf in hopes that he too can someday find the same joy in his heart that we do.

This (IMO) would enable him to see things in the positive and inspirational ways that we intend them to be seen. Then he would understand that we could admire the Christian character of Stonewall Jackson in good conscience, while not advocating the practice of slavery. And that we can write about Confederate history in a positive light, while not discrediting the Union’s. I used to be a cynic too, before I became born-again, and I may have even had some of the same tendencies, so I can’t throw stones when I used to live in a “glass house” too.

December 28, 2006 - 10:38 PM EST

Regarding the impressionable, do not be discouraged. My daughter is a freshman in college and wrote a term paper based on this book. She got an A and made the Dean's List this semeater with a 4.0 average. Her professor told her it was "the best paper I have graded in a long time." She was, by the way, homeschooled from the time she was 4 years old all the way through high school. Also, my 16 year-old niece--who attends a public school in Virginia--did a book report about the book for her U.S. History class. Her teacher liked it so much that she had my niece read excerpts in front of the class, along with a very nice PowerPoint presentation. She is also the webmaster for her class's website. We all make impressions.