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yellowstone123 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:23 pm

It's going at warp speed now. Who ever did it thank you.

Ditto!!

False etymology has a long history. Joseph Smith did not invent it, and those who engaged in it were not, ergo, charlatans. ? I think that would depend upon whether those engaging in it knew it was false. Just because one didn't invent a false etymology does not, ergo, prevent one from being deemed...

I wish Marcus the best. The spring of 2023 was not a good time for me. Marcus and many others were very patient. The patience/gift were charity and I thank Marcus and the others involved for their kindness. Thank you for your kind words, yellowstone!! Hope this spring is a better time. Please stay ...

Sorry for scaring you and thank you for kicking my ass. I'm more unwell than I thought. Going for x-rays and the Dr. has just taken blood. Probably going to be here a while. I wouldn't have come in if it weren't for your message. No problem, I'm glad it worked out. I understand trying to distinguis...

Hi Craig, I’m sorry you were treated so poorly. And by “treated poorly” I mean silenced despite being polite. There was one day, way back yonder, where, after reading a post by a Mopologist, I realized they operate by different rules than the rest of us. By “operate differently “ I mean given prefe...

That exists as a field? Can you be more specific? And explain your reasoning so as to demonstrate you aren’t trolling? Everyone has a field. There’s no need to engage or counter apologists or (belligerent) church-associated actors through inefficient means that outside one’s expertise. I liked her ...

That exists as a field? Can you be more specific? Sure. I was responding to this (bolded by me) apparent definition of a field: Say one becomes an expert in a field regarding which conservative Mormons seek to promote false information or their own exclusive interests above wider or more marginaliz...

That exists as a field?

...As to your point that I didn't attribute or give credit to the bolded blue parts you have highlighted, frankly I didn't even notice them within the body of LDS quotes in my OP...so yes I'm guilty on failing to cite those parts...since I hadn't gone to the bother of reading each and every line in...

sock puppet wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:51 pm

So, marcus, MD&D must have by that standard banned DCP within his first 10 posts, right?

Lol. I have yet to see any apologist even acknowledge Peterson's plagiarism. No one will defend him because his habit of plagiarism is indefensible.