Mopologetics and book burning

[Doctor Scratch]

I don't disagree, Dean Robbers, and in fact I think your ideas are supported by the fact that, e.g., Dr. Peterson never seems to read beyond pg. 20 of whatever book he happens to be using to hit his word count on "SeN."

I would only slightly disagree. It seems that after we pointed out that his quotes all ranged from pages iii to 20, he started opening books in the middle, and quote mined from there. Every book he mentions still only includes quotes from about a 6 page range, and are inevitably all found on some "quotes from books" reference site, so I don't know who he thinks is fooled by that.

LOL. A fair point. The plagiarism really speaks volumes about the lack of respect for knowledge and original thinking.

[Gadianton]

My one gripe with your analogy is the carrots. If [carrot] "juice" was the product, then Nibley wasn't stuffing carrots, but all manner of carrot-shaped things, into his juicer.

I can't disagree with you there, Doctor, although I'm also thinking about this on Mormonism's own terms. Even if it's true, and God put the carrots where Nibley found them, and they are real carrots, it doesn't detract from the point that the library is superfluous. As soon as revelation is on the table, and assuming revelation is the center of everything, it becomes a blackhole, especially if it is actually revelation.

As for the quote, it turns up in skeptic circles here and there; thanks to Chap (and then Reverend K) for adding some context. The full quote from Rousseau makes the point that had it been a Christian at the library, the result would have been the same.

[Gadianton]

I feel we are all overlooking the most important question stemming from the OP, and that is: what kind of Scotch?

Cutty Sark.