Bill Reel's Discussion with LDS Apologist Jacob Hansen
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 12:27 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5mslJz1f8M
I attended and was stunned at how very little faith Jacob has in his point of view and evidences. Bill was far too patient in my opinion, letting Jacob cut him off in the discussion almost non-stop. Very poor form on Jacob's part. I came away from it feeling that Jacob is nervous to allow a detailed look into the logic of his position. Every time Bill tried to get to that, Jacob was seriously impatient and waved him off and then went on tangents for several minutes. Truly, without exaggeration Bill won by simply showing his patience and saying at the end Jacob still hadn't made his case stick.
It is a perfect example of the difficulty the church is having with its own defenders and followers. They come across as far too adamant, and far, far too confident in tying heavy weights on thin strings of evidence which, when examined disappear in a puff of smoke.
It wasn't surprising, yet quite stunning how dismissive Jacob ended up being of the prophets lying, as if that didn't matter, only testimony matters. He wouldn't let Bill develop that idea in any manner, which is educational to see Jacob's tactics in that regard.
I attended and was stunned at how very little faith Jacob has in his point of view and evidences. Bill was far too patient in my opinion, letting Jacob cut him off in the discussion almost non-stop. Very poor form on Jacob's part. I came away from it feeling that Jacob is nervous to allow a detailed look into the logic of his position. Every time Bill tried to get to that, Jacob was seriously impatient and waved him off and then went on tangents for several minutes. Truly, without exaggeration Bill won by simply showing his patience and saying at the end Jacob still hadn't made his case stick.
It is a perfect example of the difficulty the church is having with its own defenders and followers. They come across as far too adamant, and far, far too confident in tying heavy weights on thin strings of evidence which, when examined disappear in a puff of smoke.
It wasn't surprising, yet quite stunning how dismissive Jacob ended up being of the prophets lying, as if that didn't matter, only testimony matters. He wouldn't let Bill develop that idea in any manner, which is educational to see Jacob's tactics in that regard.