The Top Ten Happenings in Mopologetics 2008

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_Jason Bourne
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It is listed on the form. You can claim that you never "received" it, but, as I stated in my post (you do know how to read, right?), the figure is, at the very least, "symbolic."


The figure is, at the very least, "symbolic." It represents, in the eyes of the IRS and others, the "symbolic" value of your Mopologetic efforts.


Once again we must point out that the Form 990 that seems to be prepared correctly has a sum for the Chairman of FARMS of about $20,000. That amount could have been paid to BYU for Dr. Peterson's time and he could have continued to be paid by BYU. The form would still be correct in this case. I do not have time to go over the instructions for the form as I once did that demonstrates this.

What I cannot prove is what activities the $20k represents. Dr Peterson says it was for work on the texts. I believe him. Others do not and insist it must be for his work as FARMS Chairman.
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Almost tempting. You do seem like you'd be a good conversationalist. I'd like to hear about your adventures with ultra-marathons.
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The thread has to be about DCP before he will acknowledge you.
It is really the only thing he likes to talk about.


And is it not an amazing thing that so many threads here are about DCP. More I think than about Joseph Smith almost. One might conclude some here are obsessed with Dr. Peterson.
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Jason Bourne wrote: One might conclude some here are obsessed with Dr. Peterson.


Perhaps but no more than Dr. Peterson ..
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Jason Bourne wrote: One might conclude some here are obsessed with Dr. Peterson.

Perhaps but no more than Dr. Peterson ..


I am not sure I agree. Peterson is the one who is being attacked. And not only that the attacks by some, especially one, are particularly viscous, full of hyperbole, fallacious conclusions that always assume something nefarious and underhanded, include the worst spin doctoring I have ever seen and all under the cloud of an alias.

I think it makes a lot of sense that most his posting is in defending his own name from the endless smear campaign.
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Jason Bourne wrote:
Jason Bourne wrote: One might conclude some here are obsessed with Dr. Peterson.

Perhaps but no more than Dr. Peterson ..


I am not sure I agree. Peterson is the one who is being attacked. And not only that the attacks by some, especially one, are particularly viscous, full of hyperbole, fallacious conclusions that always assume something nefarious and underhanded, include the worst spin doctoring I have ever seen and all under the cloud of an alias.

I think it makes a lot of sense that most his posting is in defending his own name from the endless smear campaign.


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Harf! You said the attacks are viscous. That's kind of gross, but somehow appropriate considering the object under attack.
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antishock8 wrote:Harf! You said the attacks are viscous. That's kind of gross, but somehow appropriate considering the object under attack.



Sorry. I meant vicious.
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Jason Bourne wrote:I am not sure I agree. Peterson is the one who is being attacked. And not only that the attacks by some, especially one, are particularly viscous, full of hyperbole, fallacious conclusions that always assume something nefarious and underhanded, include the worst spin doctoring I have ever seen and all under the cloud of an alias.

I think it makes a lot of sense that most his posting is in defending his own name from the endless smear campaign.


This is complete nonsense, Jason. First of all, as usual you supply no real evidence or analysis. Second, you are constantly overlooking the fact that all of my criticism centers on apologetics and online behavior. Unlike DCP and his ilk, I don't attack people in terms of their family (as he did to GoodK), nor do I go after anyone's career (as FARMS has done to Quinn and others). As DCP himself has pointed out: if he were to totally stop doing apologetics, it would not affect his salary by a single penny. Thus, it is rather hard to see how or why your complaints have any real merit.
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Mister Scratch wrote:Unlike DCP and his ilk, I don't attack people in terms of their family (as he did to GoodK), nor do I go after anyone's career (as FARMS has done to Quinn and others).

I've attacked nobody's family.

I've attacked nobody's career.

I would never do either of those things.

Just for the record.

(I suspect that fair-minded people may occasionally visit this board, and, on the off-chance that one of them happens to drop by this particular thread, I want it on record that I deny Scratch's allegations.)
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