Peterson libels(?) an opinion writer called Bob Lockwood
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2022 12:13 pm
Bob Lockwood has been writing and publishing his opinions on the J.K.Rowling/Joseph Smith/Golf Plates evolving news story. Amongst other things in his opinion piece, Bill notes:
Bill’s opinion pieces have gotten under Brother Peterson’s skin it seems.
You would that what followed would be Brother Peterson’s explanation of where Bill Lockwood had erred in his comments. Not so. What we get is:
I’d suggest though that Brother Peterson re-listen to General Conference (assuming he listened in the first place), and see if unnecessary personal attacks on people whose options differ is what the Brethren were advocating members do…
https://newstalk1290.com/the-continuing ... e-Mormons/Joseph Smith’s family had a long history of digging for money and buried treasure, practicing “witching” with a hazel rod, which Smith claimed was a gift from God. He frequently used a “peep stone” that he would put into his hat to find hidden treasure. The witch-hazel sticks were said to “keep off evil spirits.” Affidavit’s signed by his acquaintances, neighbors, and co-workers testify at length to his entire family’s practice of these things.
Bill’s opinion pieces have gotten under Brother Peterson’s skin it seems.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... -1973.htmlYesterday, on Thursday, 20 October 2022, an unfortunate fellow who evidently goes by the name of Bill Lockwood managed to expose his lack of knowledge about the witnesses of the Book of Mormon in a short but abundantly error-ridden piece called “The Continuing Saga of J.K. Rowling versus the Mormons.”
You would that what followed would be Brother Peterson’s explanation of where Bill Lockwood had erred in his comments. Not so. What we get is:
I don’t anticipate Brother Peterson to acknowledge the cheap ad hominem was a mistake, I don’t anticipate he will apologise for it and remove it. I don’t anticipate Brother Peterson to repent for his un-Christianlike attack on Bill personally, nor for him to speak to his Bishop about his bad behaviour.I confess that, when I found a photograph of Bill Lockwood online, having just finished reading the, umm, rather too confident articles in which he purports to “educate” his readers about a subject of which he clearly knows very, very little, a classic put-down immediately occurred to me: “All hat and no cattle.” Sadly, I also thought of the aphorism “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt” (which has often, but falsely, been ascribed to both Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain). But applying those sayings to him would probably be unfair to Mr. Lockwood. I’m sure that he’s a fine man, and quite well intentioned. But he earned himself no credit with this weirdly confident little expedition of his into the (to him, clearly) Unknown. And, as he’s evidently a teacher for the Wichita Falls Independent School District in Texas, he’s caused me to worry about the quality of the instruction that is possibly being given to the pupils in his classroom. What other kinds of gross misinformation might he be inflicting upon them?
I’d suggest though that Brother Peterson re-listen to General Conference (assuming he listened in the first place), and see if unnecessary personal attacks on people whose options differ is what the Brethren were advocating members do…