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_beastie
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I'm having fun. Some of you here have such hyper-inflated senses of self-importance


Some of us???

Now that is funny. You made a funny.
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_Rollo Tomasi
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Post by _Rollo Tomasi »

rcrocket wrote:You must be mistaken. All my quotes were accurate.

Well, except those you cleverly 'edited' to be misleading ... but, other than that ....

I have had discussions with Will Bagley about the very letter you reference and my treatment of it, and he has never questioned my selection of quotes.

I very much doubt you've discussed this particular issue with Bagley: how you omitted a key part of the Bishop quote to support your wondering how anyone could ever rely on Lee's Mormonism Unveiled (which, by the way, I see was relied on by Turley in his Ensign article -- apparently, he never read your FARMS review).

Nor has anybody who has ever published a review of my work nor commented publicly ever questioned my quotes.

Perhaps that's because for several months you refused to share the full Bishop letter.

Breast-beating about your claimed victories only convinces the ignorant.

Hurts, don't it?
"Moving beyond apologist persuasion, LDS polemicists furiously (and often fraudulently) attack any non-traditional view of Mormonism. They don't mince words -- they mince the truth."

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Post by _Rollo Tomasi »

Daniel Peterson wrote:I'm having fun. Some of you here have such hyper-inflated senses of self-importance.

This from the guy who huffed away from this bb when pushed for the back-up to an absurd statement.
"Moving beyond apologist persuasion, LDS polemicists furiously (and often fraudulently) attack any non-traditional view of Mormonism. They don't mince words -- they mince the truth."

-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
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Post by _Daniel Peterson »

beastie wrote:Some of us???

Now that is funny. You made a funny.

Yes, some of you.

And I was being grimly, clinically, serious.
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Rollo Tomasi wrote:
Daniel Peterson wrote:I'm having fun. Some of you here have such hyper-inflated senses of self-importance.

This from the guy who huffed away from this bb when pushed for the back-up to an absurd statement.

Which, being interpreted, means: "This from the guy who won't do your research for you because, after a year or two of your malicious slanders, he doesn't feel that he owes you the time of day."
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Daniel Peterson wrote:
Rollo Tomasi wrote:
Daniel Peterson wrote:I'm having fun. Some of you here have such hyper-inflated senses of self-importance.

This from the guy who huffed away from this bb when pushed for the back-up to an absurd statement.

Which, being interpreted, means: "This from the guy who won't do your research for you because, after a year or two of your malicious slanders, he doesn't feel that he owes you the time of day."

Too bad you didn't do the research when you published the article in Sunstone in 1988. I guess that was to be expected of someone with your scholarly prowess.
"Moving beyond apologist persuasion, LDS polemicists furiously (and often fraudulently) attack any non-traditional view of Mormonism. They don't mince words -- they mince the truth."

-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
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Post by _dartagnan »

Kevin Graham is misrepresenting me.


Then prove it. How have I misrepresented you? It seems this has become the knee-jerk response from you and your crowd.

Your best friend Bill Hamblin also accused me of "misrepresenting" him when he said, in reference to the subjugated peoples under Islamic rule, "I didn't say they could do whatever they wanted." Yet, the mp3 available for download at Kerry's website, clearly indicates him saying precisely that, word for word. But of course, at the behest of your counsel, he excused himself from the premises when I pointed this out. To be sure, it couldn't of had anything to do with the fact that he was faced with an embarrassing rock while that annoying hard place was poking him in the back. I'm sure it was because my spiritual nature was too poisonous for him. At least that is the excuse you always manage to come up with when you need it.

It is interesting how you guys always figure this out when you're faced with an embarrassing platter of crow. Somehow you think that if you leave the scene and don't eat it, that this somehow mitigates the embarrassment.
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Rollo Tomasi wrote:Too bad you didn't do the research when you published the article in Sunstone in 1988. I guess that was to be expected of someone with your scholarly prowess.

Too bad you imagine that a two-page book review in a non-technical magazine isn't a two-page book review in a non-technical magazine.

Do you get upset that no touchdowns are scored when you play miniature golf? Are you furious that apple pie doesn't taste like chocolate fudge? Does it irritate you when the engine on your skateboard won't start?
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Post by _Daniel Peterson »

Everybody that Kevin Graham has challenged is either incompetent or dishonest, they all falsely complain that he distorts their positions, and they all pretend (because they're cowards) that they're sick of dealing with him.

"Look!" said the proud mother, watching the troops march by in the Fourth of July parade. "Everybody's out of step but my Johnny!"
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Post by _beastie »

Yes, some of you.

And I was being grimly, clinically, serious.


No doubt as grimly, clinically, serious as Ray was when he opined that all the insults hurled about on RFM were precursors of some mass wave of violence against Mormons... and, If I recall correctly, you agreed with him. I will verify my memory by attempting to find the thread. It was grimly, clinically, serious.

This is what makes you so entertaining.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.

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