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This conversation reminded me: when the Dales first posted their article, I looked back into the Intepreter's history to see if any other articles used Bayesian approaches. There was one, and in the comment section, Bruce Dale, who at the time was developing his article, made this very telling comme...

I hope Billy Shears doesn't mind, but I'd like to quote a new, excellent response to Bruce Dale: Billy Shears on October 11, 2021 at 8:57 am Hi Bruce, To be clear, the Bayesian method you and Brian applied in your Interpreter paper is not the best choice among a set of bad options. It is the worst c...

MG 2.0 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:00 pm

Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:46 pm

Was marrying other men’s wives wrong?

Apparently not....

How is it presentism when (a) Joseph hid his polygamy, (b) destroyed a newspaper press over an expose of polygamy, and (c) the Mormons received continuous antagonism over polygamy? Sounds like today’s “presentism” is closer to the way people viewed polygamy back then too. Those guilty of actual pre...

That’s what happens when God is taken out of the picture by nonbelievers. No, it's what happens when your arguments suck. God is still very much in the picture, as far as I'm concerned. She's just not the type of God who would do the kinds of things you suggest she'd do. . Exactly. Mg’s type of god...

I am tired of this. I have made myself clear. I am not adverse to using legal means. I'm busy, done with Mormonism and have obstacles that aren't related to your faith battles to manage. Don't think I won't act just because I haven't. Please read this letter I wrote today and uploaded to Drive: htt...

But, since you’re responding, could you respond to several, as yet unanswered, on-topic questions about your on-topic comments? As I said, I’ve responded as much as I felt was necessary to make the points that needed to be made from where I’m standing. I’ll leave it to others to determine whether I...

Even the sources that were meant to defend against this admit it outright. When this was pointed out, the argument changed to the need for a “belief” recalibration to get past this. An argument was being made that Joseph committed adultery with other men’s wives. Philo pivots another direction. You...

despite John’s 2013 doxing Heaven's t'Betsy. You shared a link to your professional webpage on the previous iteration of this board during one of your many (many) threads. It took others to convince you to remove it, and remove other personal identifiers in your internet crusade. No one doxed you. ...

Oliver Cowdery broke with Smith when he found out about his extra martial affair with Fanny Alger. The question is not did Joseph Smith commit adultery, the question is how much and how often? Even the sources that were meant to defend against this admit it outright. When this was pointed out, the ...