Crocket started a blog...

[_Bond...James Bond]

So here's his first entry. Can you feel the love? (by the way: You're supposed to number your profiles.)

I may be perhaps the only really faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to create my own blog here. Welcome to my little corner of hell on earth. [My kids actually maintain a family blog; I wonder if it can be found by search engines!]

As time goes on, we'll have a little fun here, making fun of the regulars on MDB. I just can't help myself. I hope that you will see from my blog that faithful members of the Church are not ignorant, stick your head in the sand dolts. Many of us are thinking persons who look at the best challenges that can be asserted against the Church. We thrive on those challenges.

My first essay deals with perhaps the most prolific poster on MDB -- John W's Runtu. I pick him first because he is the most prolific. One must ask why a reasonably intelligent and articulate person has the time to spend many hours a day on the ridiculous, obsessive, and ill-informed board such as MDB. But, nonetheless, we have Runtu. Runtu is one of those characters with one foot in the church and one foot out. He appears to have moved FROM Texas TO Provo, where he, his wife and six children are active in the Church. Ghastly, if one were to read his ever-increasing cynical attacks on the Church.

But, I for one, have the distinct impression that John W merely uses MDB as a launch pad for multiple trial balloons. He isn't really sure that he believes what he says, but he does know that the things he says are calculated to hurt fragile testimonies.

Runtu's posts rarely lead to controversy unless he is in dialogue with the more rabid and vapid pro-Mormon posters who don't tend to post on MDB any more.

More later; we'll discuss MDB posters in order of fecundity.

Let me state a few things about me to get them out of the way.

It has been claimed that I am a Mormon bishop.

I abhor and make fun of anonymity on Internet posts -- but really only when one uses a post to ridicule and defame a person with a real name.

I make fun of cowardly anonymity -- posters who claim to be active members of the Church (we have many examples on MDB) -- but who use the Internet to mount attacks upon the Church they'd never dare to do in a priesthood class or Relief Society Meeting.

I dislike acronyms. I don't think they contribute to discussion and are a lazy means of communication. The only ones I will use will be MDB and MAD, really.

I dislike incivility, although I have been known to dish it out. We all sin.

I detest smug condescension. We, who have left the Church, so to speak, are so much better persons than those morons who remain therein (we are told, so often, behind a cowardly mask of anonymity.)

rcrocket

[_ozemc]

Well, I know I felt something ...

[_Always Thinking]

No way to post responses on his blog it seems...

Is there a big eye roll smiley anywhere?

[_Doctor Steuss]

John is prolific. He's also a cyborg (I don't know if I'm supposed to disclose that from our personal correspondence... but now you all know [sorry John]).

[_asbestosman]

No way to post responses on his blog it seems...

I responded. His Shoutbox is open.

[_barrelomonkeys]

I replied on his shoutbox too. I wish he'd allow comments.

Hey crocket, if you don't like the comments people leave you can delete them. Might be an option?

Or we may just make threads here to reply? :)

[_dartagnan]

Hey Bob, why not allow comments?

Talk about pure cowardice. At least we dish it out here where critical feedback is welcomed.

You have been lurking here for more than a year and it turns out that after all is said and done, you're just another intellectual wussy who is looking to avoid debate while writing up apologetic pieces attacking those you're to scared to debate. Same as DCP's obsession with RFM. Avoid debate, but write up all kinds of stuff in a venue where critical feedback is not permitted.

What a puss.

[_rcrocket]

Hey Bob, why not allow comments?

Talk about pure cowardice. At least we dish it out here where critical feedback is welcomed.

You have been lurking here for more than a year and it turns out that after all is said and done, you're just another intellectual wussy who is looking to avoid debate while writing up apologetic pieces attacking those you're to scared to debate. Same as DCP's obsession with RFM. Avoid debate, but write up all kinds of stuff in a venue where critical feedback is not permitted.

What a puss.

I don't want to have to deal with the spam. If there is a solution to it I'll listen.

[_Mister Scratch]

Hey Bob, why not allow comments?

Talk about pure cowardice. At least we dish it out here where critical feedback is welcomed.

You have been lurking here for more than a year and it turns out that after all is said and done, you're just another intellectual wussy who is looking to avoid debate while writing up apologetic pieces attacking those you're to scared to debate. Same as DCP's obsession with RFM. Avoid debate, but write up all kinds of stuff in a venue where critical feedback is not permitted.

What a puss.

I don't want to have to deal with the spam. If there is a solution to it I'll listen.

Hi, Bob. I'm flattered that you decided to rip off my blog. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, right?

In any case, you can set your blog so that only registered members of MDB can post replies. That would take care of your spam worries.

Happy blogging!

[_barrelomonkeys]

Hey Bob, why not allow comments?

Talk about pure cowardice. At least we dish it out here where critical feedback is welcomed.

You have been lurking here for more than a year and it turns out that after all is said and done, you're just another intellectual wussy who is looking to avoid debate while writing up apologetic pieces attacking those you're to scared to debate. Same as DCP's obsession with RFM. Avoid debate, but write up all kinds of stuff in a venue where critical feedback is not permitted.

What a puss.

I don't want to have to deal with the spam. If there is a solution to it I'll listen.

The spam does suck! I hate it. You can always delete the spam from the replies. But it gets tiresome if you have a lot of entries. I just gave up on it. And hey, maybe someone that visits my blog does want to buy a cartier replica watch. You never know!