New Maxwell Institute Book from Jack Welch

[_Daniel Peterson]

Ta dum ta dum ta dum ta dum. Ta dum ta dum ta dum ta dum.

Come, said Joey, pa rum pum pum pum
My still-born fallacy, pa rum pum pum pum
My one dull axe to grind, pa rum pum pum pum
Just, please, don't use your mind, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,

Pseudoarguments, pa rum pum pum pum,
Stunningly dumb.

Popularity, pa rum pum pum pum
That's what makes scholarly, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no clue at all, pa rum pum pum pum
My circle is that small, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,

Shall I play for you, pa rum pum pum pum,
On my drum?

Scholars nodded, pa rum pum pum pum
Their snores kept perfect time, pa rum pum pum pum
I flayed my drum at them, pa rum pum pum pum
Got not a crumb from them, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,

Then I sneered at them, pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum.

The quality of arguments and evidence, Joey, isn't measured by their popularity, let alone by counting up the number of people who're unaware of their existence.

I know this is difficult for you to grasp. Perhaps if you tried to picture a poll on quantum physics administered to indigenous residents of the Australian outback, or to imagine a vote among dwellers in rural Swaziland on their satisfaction with inflationary models of the Big Bang, you might be able to come to grips with the concept.

In the meantime, do you like Jane Austen? I'm a big fan.

Your friend,

Dan Peterson

[_Joey]

Two ex-cops create world wide interest in a fraudulent "bigfoot".

And yet the best Mormon "scholars" can't create even the slightest interest in a fradulent history.

What gives?

[_Trevor]

Uh, Trev? You seem a little testy. Do you have a caffeine deficiency? ;)

All Dr. Peterson did was tell us about a book that is going to be in circulation soon that might be interesting to some. The comment seems a little overkill.

OK. Your sense of humor is waaay more refined than mine is. You defeated me. Right? I am confused.

[_Droopy]

I know I have my review in hand just waiting to enlighten us all. I can tell you right now that your reading of the book means nothing next to my supposition that Jack Welch is a Mopologist Morgbot with a hidden agenda to hide his Mo-inspired cattle mutilation craze with amazingly deceptive sophistry. Little do you know that this is the basis of the entire text, and it really has absolutely nothing to do with law cases in the Book of Mormon at all.

You've got this stuff down pat Trevor. Impressive.

[_Droopy]

Ta dum ta dum ta dum ta dum. Ta dum ta dum ta dum ta dum.

Come, said Joey, pa rum pum pum pum
My still-born fallacy, pa rum pum pum pum
My one dull axe to grind, pa rum pum pum pum
Just, please, don't use your mind, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,

Pseudoarguments, pa rum pum pum pum,
Stunningly dumb.

Popularity, pa rum pum pum pum
That's what makes scholarly, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no clue at all, pa rum pum pum pum
My circle is that small, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,

Shall I play for you, pa rum pum pum pum,
On my drum?

Scholars nodded, pa rum pum pum pum
Their snores kept perfect time, pa rum pum pum pum
I flayed my drum at them, pa rum pum pum pum
Got not a crumb from them, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,

Then I sneered at them, pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum.

The quality of arguments and evidence, Joey, isn't measured by their popularity, let alone by counting up the number of people who're unaware of their existence.

I know this is difficult for you to grasp. Perhaps if you tried to picture a poll on quantum physics administered to indigenous residents of the Australian outback, or to imagine a vote among dwellers in rural Swaziland on their satisfaction with inflationary models of the Big Bang, you might be able to come to grips with the concept.

In the meantime, do you like Jane Austen? I'm a big fan.

Your friend,

Dan Peterson

I don't believe it. Daniel is doing (gulp!)...songs.

I swore off this a while back, but now...

I can feel the temptation beginning to stir...

[_skippy the dead]

I can feel the temptation beginning to stir...

Just sing your favorite him and tie your hand to the bedpost. . . ;o)

[_Daniel Peterson]

Two ex-cops create world wide interest in a fraudulent "bigfoot".

And yet the best Mormon "scholars" can't create even the slightest interest in a fradulent history.

What gives?

The quality of arguments and evidence, Joey, isn't measured by their popularity, let alone by counting up the number of people who're unaware of their existence.

I know this is difficult for you to grasp. Perhaps if you tried to picture a poll on quantum physics administered to indigenous residents of the Australian outback, or to imagine a vote among dwellers in rural Swaziland on their satisfaction with inflationary models of the Big Bang, you might be able to come to grips with the concept.

In the meantime, do you like Jane Austen? I'm a big fan.

Your friend,

Dan Peterson

[_harmony]

I can feel the temptation beginning to stir...

Just sing your favorite him and tie your hand to the bedpost. . . ;o)

I'm sure this was simply a typo, but I'm still laughing. :-D

[_moksha]

The Book of Mormon has legal cases in it?

You can bet those legal tribunals back then would not have granted liberal leaning Striplings the right to marry (or allowed desegregation for those unrepentant Lamanites). They stayed on the right side of the Rameumptons, and defended the right to bear steel swords and chariots.

[_skippy the dead]

Just sing your favorite him and tie your hand to the bedpost. . . ;o)

I'm sure this was simply a typo, but I'm still laughing. :-D

Oh crap - yes, it is a typo. I was doing about 4 different things at once, and apparently none of them well.

But I'm glad it was at least an amusing error.