Mister Scratch wrote:
No, Ray. It is not a simple matter of you changing your perspectives; rather, it is a matter of how positively *wild* your change of heart has been. Really, the only commonality amongst your two "sides" is the pure rabidity and hostility.
Rabidity and hostility can be expressed in FAR more than cuss words or obvious anger. There is
no less rabidity and hostility in your slanderous obsession with Mormons, especially DCP, than there is in mine. I would prefer a dog that growls and barks but doesn't bite, than one who comes up to you wagging it's tail, then snaps at your heels. I'm sure you've seen these mongrels. You dress up as a Mormon, claim to be a Mormon on the outside, but inside you thrive on white-anting Mormonism. You, Scratch, are the epitome of hypocrisy. If you finally crossed over and said you don't believe Mormonism at all (and NOTHING you have written leads me to believe you do), and even adopted a Benson approach, I could have a smidgen of respect for you. As it stands, I respect Benson, Bachman, Sam, Nort, and even Infymus far more than you. I even respect Porter more than I do you. Because I know exactly where they stand. Your double-speak about DCP in the past was a deadset give away. You said he was a great apologist, and "I really mean that", then in the next breath you described him as you have described me above. Would you like me to dig up the quotes again? If ANYONE on this board is double-minded - it's YOU, Scratch. I think
you have a problem. It's like you want to kiss and kick asses at the same time, but you're having trouble determining which ass belongs to who. One day you say DCP is a "great apologist", then the next you say he's a deranged Mopologist. It seems like your heart is divided, and what you write
does seem to depend on your audience.
Mister Scratch wrote:You are positing a false analogy, Ray. Exmos are almost uniformly "hurt" by their experiences with Mormonism; Mormons are not.
I ask you the same thing I asked Jeff Ricks - evidence please. See this post on my blog:
http://answeringtheanti-mormons.blogspo ... g-lds.htmlMister Scratch wrote:You are like some sick jurist, who, after seeing a battered woman divorced from her wealthy and powerful spouse, thinks that the woman deserves to be as equally criticized as the man. The fact is that exmos do not, nor will they ever, harbor anywhere near the power and wealth of the LDS Church.
Your stereotypes and analogies are lame. I have concluded that you have a very simplistic mind which only works with two colours - black, and white.
Mister Scratch wrote:And yet there doesn't seem to be a moral or ethical compass undergirding your criticism. Hence, you seem like a complete whack-job.
The "moral and ethical compass" which guides you is that the Church is always wrong, unless it caves in to what
you say. Only
your Ark-steadying can rectify it. This is the "moral and ethical compass" which you try to judge
me by - that if I don't agree with your Mormon-bashing, I have no "moral and ethical compass", and I'm a "whack job". That's a very fine standard of objectivity.