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Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:24 am
by Moksha
Shulem wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:11 am
I have to admit that in the end, I lost the argument and was astounded that I was unable to produce parallels and excuses in which to back up what I was saying. I actually lost that argument although my opponents did not know enough to nail me and hang me out to dry.
Your opponents Kebecer and the ladies from Wisconsin and Wyoming were very polite, even when they had you on the ropes you kept on swinging like a true believer. I think it was the Book of Abraham itself that let you down, not your grit and determination. You guys kept that thread going for over a thousand posts.
Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 5:46 pm
by Everybody Wang Chung
Doctor Scratch wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:35 am
Whatever else it accomplished, The World Table proved in a decisive way that Mopologetics cannot function in a free market. The Mopologists cannot point to a single instance where their ideas have survived scrutiny in a public way.
QFT
Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:57 pm
by Kishkumen
Tom wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:06 am
I just learned that The World Table has ceased operations:
https://worldtable.co/
In announcing The World Table in 2013, Dr. Peterson
said, “The World Table is a platform for a kind of new apologetics.”
Does anyone have a date for its demise?
Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:36 am
by Everybody Wang Chung
Doctor Scratch wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:35 am
Tom wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:06 am
I just learned that The World Table has ceased operations:
https://worldtable.co/
In announcing The World Table in 2013, Dr. Peterson
said, “The World Table is a platform for a kind of new apologetics.”
He wasn’t wrong. With its rating system, it provided a whole new level of transparency on Mopologetics’s effectiveness and popularity. As I recall, Dr. Peterson and Russell McGregor had the lowest ratings by far on the site. Of course, this was before the site administrators began demanding credit card statements as proof of identity.
Whatever else it accomplished, The World Table proved in a decisive way that Mopologetics cannot function in a free market. The Mopologists cannot point to a single instance where their ideas have survived scrutiny in a public way.
I participated at TWT for several months. My rating was always substantially higher than the Mopologists. DCP and Kiwi57 were incapable of acting civil.
Also, in addition to providing a scan of one of my utility bills, I also had to provide my cell phone number. TWT was hilarious. I’m sad to see it go.
Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:16 pm
by Kishkumen
Everybody Wang Chung wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:36 am
I participated at TWT for several months. My rating was always substantially higher than the Mopologists. DCP and Kiwi57 were incapable of acting civil.
Also, in addition to providing a scan of one of my utility bills, I also had to provide my cell phone number. TWT was hilarious. I’m sad to see it go.
I'm impressed that you participated in that forum. It sounded like a horrible idea to me, and I never even started the process of signing up. I am in awe of your dedication, Everybody Wang Chung.
Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:50 pm
by Moksha
Kishkumen wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:57 pm
Does anyone have a date for its demise?
I think it was a recent development. The Salt Lake Tribune used the services of this LDS-run company up to the time the Tribune limited internet access to paying customers.
Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:00 pm
by Father Francis
Moksha wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:40 am
I knew you first at Beliefnet, so that should also rate a mention.
I was on Beliefnet too. I definitely remember you being there. I remember Ironhold and Kebecer too. Sometimes I wonder what happened to Ironhold.
Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:03 pm
by Father Francis
Moksha wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:40 am
I knew you first at Beliefnet, so that should also rate a mention.
I was on Beliefnet too. Different moniker, different life. I definitely remember you being there. I remember Ironhold and Kebecer too.
Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 2:11 pm
by Tom
Kishkumen wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 8:57 pm
Tom wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:06 am
I just learned that The World Table has ceased operations:
https://worldtable.co/
In announcing The World Table in 2013, Dr. Peterson
said, “The World Table is a platform for a kind of new apologetics.”
Does anyone have a date for its demise?
I don't. I was alerted to the news by a note on Public Square ("Due to World Table going out of business, our comment feature is not currently available"). Internet Archive has an archived World Table home page dated
March 12, 2022.
Re: Master Timeline of Mopologetics, Second Edition
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2022 2:17 pm
by Philo Sofee
Kishkumen wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:16 pm
Everybody Wang Chung wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:36 am
I participated at TWT for several months. My rating was always substantially higher than the Mopologists. DCP and Kiwi57 were incapable of acting civil.
Also, in addition to providing a scan of one of my utility bills, I also had to provide my cell phone number. TWT was hilarious. I’m sad to see it go.
I'm impressed that you participated in that forum. It sounded like a horrible idea to me, and I never even started the process of signing up. I am in awe of your dedication, Everybody Wang Chung.
I did the same thing Kish... I just watched it. From the gloating Peterson did about how open and wonderful and superior quality conversations that were going to take place there, I was rolling my eyes, so I just watched. And true to form, the Mopologists got mopped up.