Old Testament Comments from Anti-Mormon Challenge Scholarly Request Thread

[_Calculus Crusader]

Dr. Peterson's dimensions are not relevant to this discussion and, in any event, I don't think people should comment on his looks without providing pictures of themselves.

[_moksha]

Does anybody here have any idea what "L-Skinny" is?

L-Skinny is the stereoisomer of R-Skinny, which causes hives when it comes in contact with pastries.

Skinny-L on the other hand sounds like an adjunct for a small clipping service, behind the curtain, of which you should pay no heed.

[_Some Schmo]

Now that I know what register to write in for the kids here, the possibilities are endless. How about:

TAK and antishock sittin' in a tree
D-I-S-S-I-N-G.

And so on and so forth.

Poor Gadianton Scratch. He launches a thread entitled "The 'Anti-Mormon' Challenge - A scholarly request," and he gets Some Schmo, TAK, and poor antishock8.

Awww... poor danny boy. His widdle feewings ahh hurt.

Again, we see how the "professor" (perhaps in the Gilligan's Island sense of the word) gets his panties in a bunch when confronted with his own childish behavior: more grade school insults, more projecting his own faults on others. So funny.

Delusional about Mormonism, delusional about life. You're too pathetic for pity. You'll never grow up and be a man, will you? That's ok though; I don't mind mocking you (although I have to admit; these days, it's getting all too easy).

*points and laughs*

[Alf'Omega]

[b]ROTFL!

It's a beautiful thing when noxious hypocrites fall into a trap.

The passage below is taken directly from Mister Scratch, on the "Stendahl" thread, where it was presumably okay because it was aimed at me:

(snip)

Whoa! Major league touché'!!

It is? I thought it was hilarious that he quoted Scratch rather than write his own comeback. (I've suspected for a long time that most of the stuff he writes even isn't his anyway).

What's funny is it sounded exactly like the type of thing he'd say. I guess he has more in common with Scratch than he thinks.

What's even funnier is that he thinks it's a "gotcha." Oh yeah, danny boy... you sound like a petulant child throughout this entire thread, and you got me.

ROTFLMAO

[_antishock8]

I went to Mormon Discussions one day,

then the Fat Man came to play,

Shades let the troll in,

And he made such a din,

Even though he had nothing to say.

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Picture of antishock8:



What can I say? I have a self-deprecating sense of humor.

[_Dr. Shades]

Damn it, antishock8:

The first, second, and fifth lines of a limerick have 8 syllables.
The third and fourth lines of a limerick have 5 syllables.

The last words of lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with each other.
The last words of lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other.

Look how you butchered the format not once, not twice, but thrice:

There once was a fat man from Utah, (9 syllables, ending phoneme "tah")
Who liked to post online all day, (8 syllables, ending phoneme "ay")
When a man called TAK, (5 syllables)
Lobbed insults amid much flak, (7 syllables)
Thus he vexed the fat man from Utah. (9 syllables, ending phoneme "tah")

There once was a rotund man from Utah, (10 syllables, ending phoneme "tah")
Who delighted in causing a fuss, (9 syllables, ending phoneme "uss")
He squealed with glee, (4 syllables)
In his depends he did pee, (7 syllables)
Such was the rotund man from Utah. (9 syllables, ending phoneme "tah")

I went to Mormon Discussions one day, (10 syllables)
then the Fat Man came to play, (7 syllables)
Shades let the troll in, (5 syllables)
And he made such a din, (6 syllables)
Even though he had nothing to say. (9 syllables)

Please, PLEASE don't become another Droopy. You aren't allowed to fudge the rhyming scheme or the syllable count.

[_KimberlyAnn]

I must disagree with you, Dr. Shades.

A limerick may have between 8-10 syllables in the first, second and fifth lines and between 5-7 in the third and fourth. The necessary thing is achieving the correct rhythm.

"There once was a man from Nantucket" has nine syllables, but it's the fine beginning of a limerick.

Here's one of the probably dozens of limericks I wrote about Joseph Smith and Mormonism when I was still stinging from what I believe to be deception on the Mormon church's part:

Ol' Joe liked to pull down the panties,
Of young girls, teenagers and grannies.
The desire was such,
Couldn't do it too much!
Lost his life in the search for more Fannies.

It works, I think, yet doesn't follow your strict 8-8-5-5-8 syllable format.

I agree with you that Shock's don't work, but it's not because of syllable count. He didn't maintain the appropriate rhythm for his limericks.

KA

[_Dr. Shades]

I must disagree with you, Dr. Shades.

A limerick may have between 8-10 syllables in the first, second and fifth lines and between 5-7 in the third and fourth. The necessary thing is achieving the correct rhythm.

Perhaps, but antishock8 isn't at that stage yet.

Baby steps. Baby steps.

Ol' Joe liked to pull down the panties, (stress on second syllable)
Of young girls, teenagers and grannies. (stress on third syllable, with immediate stress on fourth syllable without the requisite two intervening unstressed syllables, then three unstressed syllables instead of two)
The desire was such,
Couldn't do it too much!
Lost his life in the search for more Fannies. (stress on third syllable)

It works, I think, yet doesn't follow your strict 8-8-5-5-8 syllable format.

You're right that it doesn't follow 8-8-5-5-8 format, but I'm afraid it doesn't "work." To work, the second line would have to read:

of girls, and of teens, and of grannies.

While the third line would have to read:

Got killed in the search for more Fannies.

Leaving us with consistent " - / - - / - - / - " formats in lines 1, 2, and 5:

Ol' Joe liked to pull down the panties,
of girls, and of teens, and of grannies.
The desire was such,
Couldn't do it too much!
Got killed in the search for more Fannies.

I agree with you that Shock's don't work, but it's not because of syllable count. He didn't maintain the appropriate rhythm for his limericks.

His syllable count, even if not 8, would've had to be consistent. All three would've had to be 9 or 10 or whatever, not mixed-and-matched.

Plus in two out of three of his limericks the second lines didn't rhyme with the first and third lines.

[_antishock8]

I believe Limericks can have 7-10 syllables in lines 1,2, and 5. 5-8 syllables in lines 3 and 4.

You could always say:

"He squeal-ed with glee"

Boom. Problem solved.

Plus, I like assymetrical "out of the box" poetry. Yeah. That's it.

[_TAK]

by the way.. the Islamic cover err.. career needs beefing up too..

You don't think a biography of Muhammad, fourteen edited bilingual texts, a book-length general introduction to Islam and the Arabs for Latter-day Saints, dozens of taught classes, innumerable lectures on every inhabited continent but South America, a score or so articles and book chapters, and etc., represents enough of a cover?

I apologize.

Could you please post your CV for our wonder, amazement, and awe?

No I am sorry...

The “cover” was meant to be a chide that your Islamic work is actually just a cover for your BYU funded apologist work.. Sorry that went right over your head ..

As to my CV since you asked.. Don’t have one. At least nothing nearly sooo fantastic as yours! On the other hand I don’t believe a con man divined the Book of Mormon from staring in a hat with rocks in it, nor do I believe in a god that uses secret hand shakes or requires the wearing of majic undies. And not only is that what you believe.. You actually try and convince others through speculation that it is true.

So for all your education and intelligence you believe in silly things and that deserves ridicule - especially when your leaders try and impose their myths on others.

Adieu ~