Another sad personal attack on Jeremy Runnels

[Rivendale]

Why did Dan leave up a threat but told another to knock it off?

[toon]

Is Jeremy still really invested in this? I haven't been following things, but I don't recall hearing anything from him for a few years. Interesting that while he seems to be quiet, he still occupies space in apologists' heads.

Toon,
I wonder what sort of investment would you be wondering about. It seems possible, not unusual for an author to publish a book and then go on to other things. That would seem to be a good path for Jeremy. Why get all tangled up in some antimormon movement or crusade? I suppose he could but he might be better off letting other people wrestle with his questions and observations on their own.

My point was that he seems to have moved on. I don’t know if that’s the case, but I haven’t seen someone still trying to market this. Maybe he is, but I don’t see that.

It seems more like he’s like most former Mormons. Some have issues that they resolve. Some just move on and don’t look back. Some can’t resolve those issue and continue to struggle in various ways. Some perceive a marketing opportunity. Some maintain an intellectual curiosity. There are probably many diverse others.

I don’t know where Runnels is. I just only not that to my knowledge, he’s been relatively silent for some time. It just seems odd that he’s still being attacked.

[drumdude]

https://wasmormon.org/jeremy-runnells-w ... spotlight/

For me, having been a Mormon is like the other stages of my life. It’s something that I was, and it’s something that I did. It had its positives and negatives. But my current self is not defined by my former relationship to that church. I lived in New York City – I’m not an ex-New Yorker. I attended and graduated from BYU but I’m not ex-BYU. I was a Mormon.

I’ve graduated and transcended from Mormonism. It’s a part of my past but it no longer is a part of my present and future. To me, it’s something like my missionary journals… I’m reminded of my past from time to time seeing the journals on my bookshelf but it no longer has much power or much influence over my present life and my future.

Amazing what you can find on Google…