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by DrStakhanovite
Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: If plates then God
Replies: 1395
Views: 5793912

Re: If plates then God

Does this also strike anyone else as a profoundly weak and embarrassing argument? Coming from someone as well regarded as Bushman? I don’t think it is an argument at all. I think Bushman is just making a rather noncontroversial observation that the majority of adherents in a particular religion bel...
by DrStakhanovite
Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:01 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: I'm forced to say it's 'remarkable'
Replies: 30
Views: 2080

Re: I'm forced to say it's 'remarkable'

Dean, this was fantastic reading. Although Dr. Midgley should be applauded for his brevity and ability to get to the point, something Interpreter contributors struggle with immensely, given the supposed complexity of Gee's book, his short statement on Gee's work feels inadequate. It may very well be...
by DrStakhanovite
Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: The Jesus Myth: An unrelenting case for history
Replies: 222
Views: 11695

Re: The Jesus Myth: An unrelenting case for history

Above all, I believe that the principal goal ought to be making people better thinkers, not strategizing to win at all costs. I was not impressed with Richard Carrier’s arguments because they lacked sensitivity to narrative and genre. It was as though he treated the gospels like 20th century histor...
by DrStakhanovite
Fri Jun 16, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Boylan the Beggar
Replies: 45
Views: 2606

Re: Boylan the Beggar

That sounds about right! But why spend all that time in grad school studying theology and patristics? Credentialing is a really big part of Mopologetic culture. Without a graduate degree, your role in Mopologetic organizations is going to be limited to being part of a “communications” team where yo...
by DrStakhanovite
Fri Jun 16, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Boylan the Beggar
Replies: 45
Views: 2606

Re: Boylan the Beggar

Contrast his work with that of James White. I’m not a Calvinist but I really enjoy White laying out arguments and demonstrating he has at least put in some work to make a coherent argument and lay it out in a comprehensible way. That is a really interesting comparison. I’ve watched James White sinc...
by DrStakhanovite
Fri Jun 16, 2023 12:49 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: The Future of the Community of Christ (RLDS)
Replies: 33
Views: 1555

Re: The Future of the Community of Christ (RLDS)

DrStakhanovite, thanks for expanding thoughts on the subject. I have a quick reply though your post deserves more thought. Always happy to bandy words with the likes of you. There have been times when Christianity thrived being the overwhelming majority of the culture. It has often not been a minor...
by DrStakhanovite
Fri Jun 16, 2023 12:03 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Boylan the Beggar
Replies: 45
Views: 2606

Re: Boylan the Beggar

The content of Boylan’s work conforms to the standards of Mopologetics as closely as his behavior mimics the uncouth nature of the Mopologetic Vanguard. The Mopologetic perspective views scholarship not as an end unto itself, but rather as a means to a rhetorical end. Usually scholarship is entangle...
by DrStakhanovite
Fri Jun 09, 2023 7:23 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: F. Michael Watson Personally clarifies Hill Cumorah Letter
Replies: 95
Views: 71980

Re: F. Michael Watson Personally clarifies Hill Cumorah Letter

Guys like Mike Parker and Robert Boylan are inevitable iterations when you understand the decades long history of Mopologetics. The Second Watson Letter fiasco is a great story; I still have fond memories of getting lunch with Sock Puppet and him regaling me with a first person account of events.
by DrStakhanovite
Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:42 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: The Future of the Community of Christ (RLDS)
Replies: 33
Views: 1555

Re: The Future of the Community of Christ (RLDS)

I don't doubt that there are appeals to liberal / mainline traditions, and I know many fine practitioners of these traditions. I myself got my religious start, for the most part, in a branch of the PCUSA. One person I know who converted from Mormonism is now a minister in the ELCA; she performed my...
by DrStakhanovite
Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:55 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Harassment and Hypocrisy: The Robert Boylan Experience
Replies: 39
Views: 1667

Re: Harassment and Hypocrisy: The Robert Boylan Experience

This is the type of person Mopologetics creates.