Stephen Smoot?????s Masterclass in Victim Blaming

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Re: Stephen Smoot’s Masterclass in Victim Blaming

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DoubtingThomas wrote:
Exiled wrote:Does anyone think Smoot might be doing this to impress the Midge, a man who recently disparaged Smoot's sexuality? Midge loves in your face attack Mormonism and young Smoot is giving it to him.


Young? That guy is probably in his 30s and he is still a virgin. I feel sorry for him. But I am confident that guy will grow up and become an agnostic in the near future.


He means that he's young Smoot compared to/in relation to Midge the Ancient.
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honorentheos wrote:But then again, he seems to have found a bit of a mental rut that could be ruinous if he fails to get out of it at some point. Mormonism.


He will get out.
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Stem wrote:I remember the name Rommelator.

Here is a refresher on the Rommelator from when he was a high school student and apologist-in-embryo, by our friend Kerry the Backyard Professor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEaK9s8qcgg&feature=related
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Oh my, Moshka!

The Rommelator has undergone a notable transformation since high school! He lost, and in my opinion wisely so, the arrowhead necklace.
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Re: Stephen Smoot’s Masterclass in Victim Blaming

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Nice, moksha.

Starting at minute 5:58 one gets the true life story behind Stephens own experience related to the OP. If a 15 year old can read Gee and realize Charles Larsen had his attack on the Book of Abraham all wrong then it must be due to some personal failing that others can't do the same, right?
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Oh my good gosh!!!!! I forgot all about that video. Man, ya know, in some ways I miss those days being a clown and having fun........ wow Moksha, thanks for the stroll down memory lane. Holy toledo.......
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Dear Philo,

I wonder if, while on this stroll down memory lane, you would do us newcomers the great favor of regaling us with a battle story or two.

For instance, how inspiring was it to publish, arm in arm on the front lines, with the withering Pahoran? Who else did you “discover” and why did you know they would rise to greatness in Mopologetics? Funniest blunder you ever made in public during your peak years?

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Looking at that video of Smoot, makes me wonder where he went astray. He was so full of energy and innocence back then. Too bad he succumbed to DCP and Midge with their false superiority and nastiness.
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