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Is it as you suggested above--i.e., that you desired to maintain the "polemical" tone of the review, and you worried that BYU and/or the Brethren would put a stop to it? I was worried about micromanagerial interference with our editorial decisions. Why, though? Given other things you've s...

would imagine that there is a very specific, "in writing" "protocol" for giving blessings to apologists. If this is the case, as some are led to believe, and if the work of apologetics had exploded in this time period as the facts seem to indicate, then there may have been a spe...

I admit I don't have the depth of interest in this topic that some do, so I may be asking a stupid question that everyone already knows the answer to, but I'll ask it anyway. The question is triggered by the discussion over who would oversee religious research. Is it generally accepted at BYU that ...

Why did we not turn President Hinckley's invitation down? Because, chapel Mormons that we are, we regarded him as the Lord's prophet. We had, however, turned down an earlier invitation from President Bateman. As chairman of the board, I had asked him whether he was inviting us in his capacity as a ...

The Nehor--- Where did I ever accuse you of being a "clown"? Where did I ever claim that you were " impossible to reason with"? I don't think that's the case, incidentally, I just think you're a weak reader, and that you're crippled by insecurity, and thus you rely on "humo...

Okay, it's starting to become clear[er]. It seems that, according to Reynolds (my former Deacon's Quorum advisor and scoutmaster), that FARMS's "promoting publicity" raised concerns, not anything else. . . not their polemical edge, not their emerging Internet Mormon heterodoxy, etc. But, ...

Thanks for compiling and providing all that, Mister Scratch. It must've taken quite a while. I'm curious, however: You mentioned, more than once, that the alarm had been raised among both the brethren and BYU about FARMS's growing power and influence. Maybe I missed it, but what led you to this con...

Trevor---

You'll be pleased to learn that I've just posted a thread which attempts to assemble and make sense of some of the more shadowy aspects of FARMS history. I eagerly await your critique.

I would like to subtitle this thread: Piecing Together FARMS's History . In the wake of the "Are the Apologists Set Apart by the Brethren?" thread, I have been thinking about a number of things. At the heart of that discussion is a very basic question concerning the Church's relationship t...

Of course you give up. You never had a reasonable point to begin with. The pot calls the kettle black. The Nehor--- Where did I ever accuse you of being a "clown"? Where did I ever claim that you were " impossible to reason with"? I don't think that's the case, incidentally, I j...