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When WD first entered the scene I was convinced it was Will but I came to believe otherwise. If he is Will he has and is operating a very successful sock puppet in my book. If he is Will he has curbed his "scatology" tendencies very well. Maybe I could ask WD if his wife is a wench?

Kishkumen wrote:I'm not buying the idea that Water Dog is Schryver. Quite different voices.

I'm inclined to agree. My first thought was Bill Hamblin, but it could also be Will or Smoot or some other FARMS surrogate.

The thing supporting the Schryver theory is the fact that he came here as a staunch defender of the Church around the time Schryver left, and the next thing you know he's attacking it. William has a track record of pretending to be a critic of the Church when it suits his purposes. He once posted as Provis on the old MAD forum and started emailing Dan Vogel, asking him if he would do a documentary film with him on the Church. I outed him to Dan shortly after he emailed me that same week and accidentally signed off his email as Provis, and then emailed me back saying it was an accident.

During that same time frame he had sent me an email indicating that he was a fence straddler when it came to the Book of Abraham and that he understood why critics no longer accept it, based on the available evidence. But then like a week later he started his KEP campaign to prove the Book of Abraham is true, and that lasted for a few years at least.

As far as I know, Bill Hamblin has never pretended to be a critic of the church. In fact, I cannot think of any apologist aside from Schryver who has. Maybe it is just a new tactic they're adopting.

Well, I knew Bill frequented Dan's blog and commented before. And Bill has been all in Dan's crotch since forever, and you've mentioned as a victim him twice now for no apparent reason.

Water Dog wrote:

Tells us what you think of the Explanations of Facsimile No. 3, please. Do be honest.

Another strike agains the Schryver theory: WD told us he is an engineer. He did not say software engineer, or computer engineer. He just said, "engineer," and this is consistent with his personality, in my opinion. Not a Schryverian personality at all.

Kishkumen wrote:Another strike agains the Schryver theory: WD told us he is an engineer. He did not say software engineer, or computer engineer. He just said, "engineer," and this is consistent with his personality, in my opinion. Not a Schryverian personality at all.

Or it may just be that he's trying to keep his story straight with all the deception and mind games. An engineer is an engineer -- easy enough to remember that.

The character of a tenacious puppet is capable of a lot of deception.

Water Dog wrote:I think Robert Ritner ends the entire debate and any continued fuss over the matter is a waste of oxygen. As far as "scripture" goes though, I love me some Book of Abraham. It's a shame Joseph Smith didn't treat it as revelation similar to Book of Moses.

Very touching, William.

Water Dog wrote:I think Robert Ritner ends the entire debate and any continued fuss over the matter is a waste of oxygen. As far as "scripture" goes though, I love me some Book of Abraham. It's a shame Joseph Smith didn't treat it as revelation similar to Book of Moses.

Unless Will had a real come to Jesus experience with regards to the facts, this is not Will.

Water Dog wrote:What sort of personality would be Schryverian in your opinion, specifically, for what reason would Will have been more precise about the field of engineering?

More verbal fireworks. Laboring forever over a post to get the right wording, correct mechanics, finely-tuned putdowns. He was a dedicated posting artist.

You write well, but I don't think you are wasting a lot of time crafting your posts. Schryver was a real showoff.

Water Dog wrote:Don't know what the end-game for such a thing would be, but never know :)

Perhaps they expect the end-game to be a real changer.

Hey, does anyone know if cryptoclysm is a real word? Suppose they could always run it up the flagpole and see if any Turkey FARMers salute.

Water Dog wrote:

Kevin Graham wrote:I'm inclined to agree. My first thought was Bill Hamblin, but it could also be Will or Smoot or some other FARMS surrogate.

Bill Effing Hamblin?

This.

A casual perusal of Hamblin's blog shows that WD would have to forget a large amount of knowledge about how to properly write and spell in order to become our Enigmatic Mirror host.
Nothing against Hamblin personally, but as a hack myself, the quality of his literary delivery sometimes surprises me, and not in a good way.

But I'm sure that he makes gobs more money than I do and is much better known, as well. So there's that. : )