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Gee's thoughts on how others think of his work
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:34 pm
by hauslern
https://www.fromthedesk.org/10-questions-john-gee/
"Misinformation and misconceptions about the Book of Abraham can trouble to Latter-day Saints, but usually, the part that people find troubling is assuming that the misinformation is true."
I doubt Gee has succeeded in proving the "misinformation" is false.
Re: Gee's thoughts on how otheres think of his work
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:13 am
by Philo Sofee
Interesting survey. Thanks for the link Hauslern! You are a fantastic source.
Re: Gee's thoughts on how otheres think of his work
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:54 am
by Alphus and Omegus
It's pretty hilarious seeing Gee characterize his work as debunking "misinformation." The guy built a career concocting ever more elaborate misinterpretations of inconvenient facts.
Re: Gee's thoughts on how otheres think of his work
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:16 am
by Philo Sofee
Alphus and Omegus wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:54 am
It's pretty hilarious seeing Gee characterize his work as debunking "misinformation." The guy built a career concocting ever more elaborate misinterpretations of inconvenient facts.
And it is so easily demonstrated to boot.
Re: Gee's thoughts on how otheres think of his work
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:33 am
by drumdude
It’s really hard to take him seriously when every interview I see of him he’s just crying about being persecuted and maligned for his beliefs.
It’s not your beliefs, John. It’s your scholarship we are attacking.
Re: Gee's thoughts on how otheres think of his work
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:45 am
by Everybody Wang Chung
John Gee wrote:“In the academic world being known as a faithful Latter-day Saint will surround one with a stigma. A surveys of university faculty from a few years ago showed that more than half of professors are prejudiced against Latter-day Saints. That number is smaller among business and the sciences but larger in the social sciences and humanities. Prejudice against Latter-day Saints is second only to Evangelicals; every other religious group has a generally favorable rating among professors.”
John has certainly contributed to the anti-Mormon sentiment held by more than half of professors.
Besides DCP, I can't think of a more crappy scholar. For God's sake, Deseret Book even refused to sell John Gee's book. How low can you go?
Re: Gee's thoughts on how otheres think of his work
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:46 am
by Everybody Wang Chung
John Gee wrote:I worked with Nibley, first as a student, then as a source checker, and finally something of a colleague. Nibley was about my grandfather’s age, and I am younger than any of his children, so there was always a distance.
Well, that certainly helps explain Nibley's many problems with his footnotes.
Re: Gee's thoughts on how otheres think of his work
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:46 am
by Everybody Wang Chung
John Gee wrote:For example, when I first got to Yale, it took me a while but I finally found a place to stay. After about a week, the fellow who owned the apartment, one of the Yale faculty, found out I was a Latter-day Saint and kicked me out for that reason.
I guarantee this didn't happen. If John Gee did get kicked out it was because he was so weird and freaked everyone out.
Re: Gee's thoughts on how otheres think of his work
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:57 am
by Alphus and Omegus
Gee has disgraced himself and his employer, but I think that's going too far.
Re: Gee's thoughts on how otheres think of his work
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2022 9:11 am
by IHAQ
hauslern wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:34 pm
https://www.fromthedesk.org/10-questions-john-gee/
"Misinformation and misconceptions about the Book of Abraham can trouble to Latter-day Saints, but usually, the part that people find troubling is assuming that the misinformation is true."
I doubt Gee has succeeded in proving the "misinformation" is false
A couple of weeks later I got a letter. Just before going to Yale I had participated at an international conference. My paper was decently received but the letter was from the editors of the proceedings volume rejecting my paper on the grounds that I was a member of the Church.
I don’t doubt his paper was rejected. I do doubt it was because he was a Mormon rather than the content of the paper. John could always post a redacted pdf copy of the letter to show this was the case. He won’t though.