MAD un-bans posters!

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cinepro wrote:Juliann:
Then make your case. Start here:

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The following organizations have partnership agreements with FARMS [now Maxwell Institute] :
The Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation
The Vatican Apostolic Library
The Israel Antiquities Authority
The National Library of Naples
The Society of Biblical Literature
The Martin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik in Cologne, Germany
The American Center for Oriental Research, in Amman, Jordan
The Smithsonian Institution
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Newberry Library
The Library of Congress
The Pontifical Oriental Institute
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science

The Middle Eastern Texts Initiative includes scholars from Oxford, Cambridge, New York University, the University of Michigan, the University of Cologne in Germany, the University of California at Los Angeles, the State University of New York, Harvard University, the University of Hamburg, Bar-Ilan University in Israel, the American University of Beirut, and other such institutions.

Events to honor the efforts of the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative have been held at such locations as the British Library in London, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the Embassy of Jordan, the University of Damascus, the University of Jordan, the United Nations, the Embassy of Egypt, and at the Embassy of Kuwait.

Over 300 scholars have written for FARMSj


These organizations support the academic scholarship of the MI, not the apologetics. MI appears to be divided into 2 separate sections... or at least, that's what Daniel says. The same people may work on the separate publications and projects, but the goals and objectives are different for the different sections.

Does she not realize that she looks like a fool when she conflates the two?
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harmony wrote:
The Dude wrote:Cinepro is banned again? Oh, that really sucks. The MAD moderator's hair-trigger strikes again.

I have been warned twice and I am now just about tiptoeing around to avoid offending anyone. I deleted a post directed at Juliann in the same where you got banned, because Hermes gave me a "second strike" for something I said on another thread. Whew, I'm glad I did.


A sincere question: why do you and Cinepro tip toe around anyone?


I was going to ask the same thing. What is it about MAD that is so appealing that you are willing to jump through Julianne's and DanG's half-crazed whims?
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I do it because I enjoy the challenge of certain posters and ideas that are found over there but not over here. For the last couple of days I have been "debunking" scriptures that purport to be evidence that Lehi and family interacted with indigenous Mesoamericans, but they turn out to be nothing of the sort. I don't know why, but I enjoy doing this. I agree the moderators are a pain, but Charity, HerAmun, cdowis, Ipso Facto, and their guru Brant don't post on this board. You know?
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The Dude wrote:I do it because I enjoy the challenge of certain posters and ideas that are found over there but not over here. For the last couple of days I have been "debunking" scriptures that purport to be evidence that Lehi and family interacted with indigenous Mesoamericans, but they turn out to be nothing of the sort. I don't know why, but I enjoy doing this. I agree the moderators are a pain, but Charity, HerAmun, cdowis, Ipso Facto, and their guru Brant don't post on this board. You know?


Our goals and objectives are not the same. Do what you must.
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antishock8 wrote:The MAD board balanced?

That's akin to saying Hamas is balanced.


I didn't mean balanced in outlook or loyalties, I meant balanced as far as proponents for each position, and our respective energies, posting styles, and arguments.

Obviously my motivations for participating at FAIR/MADB have changed over the years, but I enjoyed it because I usually learned quite a bit on any subject I'm interested in, and I get to make comments and jokes that wouldn't be understood anywhere I go in real life.

I also think the "critical" participants on that board are important because it's easy for the apologists and TBM's to present their case as if it's open and shut (when it isn't). But if the purpose of that board is to ultimately support apologetics (and FARMS-type apologetics only), then it does them no good to have too many critics.

Obviously, its Juliann's game, so she can take her ball and go home if I don't play the game the way she likes. Those are the rules of the playground after all. If that's what it takes to get the MADB where she wants it, then more power to her.
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It's always good to know where the loyalties of one's fellow posters lie. Thanks for the reminder.

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Don't ever doubt my loyalty to you, harm. After all we've been through together....
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The Dude wrote:Don't ever doubt my loyalty to you, harm. After all we've been through together....


*wiping milk off monitor*... oh dear... *checking notes, emails, messages, voice mail, journals, diaries...*

shoot.

Well... ahem... yes, indeed... of course...

damn, is my slip showing?

*turning on the air conditioner*... is it getting hot in here?
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