MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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Stormy Waters wrote:Honestly I don't understand why apologists don't rid themselves of William. He seems like a loose cannon and much more of a liability than an asset.

I mean haven't they already banned some of the more embarrassing supporters? So why not him?


Do you imagine apologists employ hit men or something? Okay, i know where you all will go with this, but it should be fun.
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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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Stormy Waters wrote:Honestly I don't understand why apologists don't rid themselves of William. He seems like a loose cannon and much more of a liability than an asset.

I mean haven't they already banned some of the more embarrassing supporters? So why not him?

Who have the apologists ever "banned"? What does it mean to be "banned" from FARMS/MI?
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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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Carton wrote:Who have the apologists ever "banned"? What does it mean to be "banned" from FARMS/MI?


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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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Carton wrote:
Stormy Waters wrote:Honestly I don't understand why apologists don't rid themselves of William. He seems like a loose cannon and much more of a liability than an asset.

I mean haven't they already banned some of the more embarrassing supporters? So why not him?

Who have the apologists ever "banned"? What does it mean to be "banned" from FARMS/MI?


I mean from the message board.
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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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Stormy Waters wrote:If I'm not mistaken they've banned the likes of Droopy, LdsFaqs, and others. So why not William?


Who is "they?" You mean "mormondialogue.org?"

I don't even know who "they" are. "They" are not FAIR, not FARMS, not MI, not BYU. "They" could be Jehovah's Witnesses for all I personally know. "They" don't speak for the apologetic community.

If Will follows the rules there, then why not let him post?

And so what does a banning mean? I've been banned from this board, at least temporarily. It means nothing.
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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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Stormy Waters wrote:Honestly I don't understand why apologists don't rid themselves of William. He seems like a loose cannon and much more of a liability than an asset.

I mean haven't they already banned some of the more embarrassing supporters? So why not him?


He must have pictures of Juliann.
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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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Stormy Waters wrote:If I'm not mistaken they've banned the likes of Droopy, LdsFaqs, and others. So why not William?

I don't think you should equate "apologists" with the MDDB message board. When FARMS/MI start "banning" people, then we'll be getting somewhere. But from what I've seen, Schryver fits right in with the people at FARMS. I'll bet they love the guy.
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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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Stormy Waters wrote:I mean from the message board.


I believe if you start a campaign to get Schryver banned from the message board over there, it could happen. campaign begin. He's out of control :rolleyes:

Wait a second...this is starting to sound like that which people here often complain about regarding the Church--tossing out people who seem out there and different. Oh man...
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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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stemelbow wrote:
Stormy Waters wrote:I mean from the message board.


I believe if you start a campaign to get Schryver banned from the message board over there, it could happen. campaign begin. He's out of control :rolleyes:

Wait a second...this is starting to sound like that which people here often complain about regarding the Church--tossing out people who seem out there and different. Oh man...


Would I do it personally? No.
But for a message board that has a track record of silencing dissenters and embarassing supporters? Why wouldn't they?
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Re: MD&D thread on John Dehlin

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stemelbow wrote:For the record I'm completely convinced overall he's a nice guy. No one needs to go after him.


Drop an email to Greg Smith and Daniel Peterson. Maybe that's a way for you to do "more good" here.
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