Daniel Peterson wrote:Mister Scratch wrote:the apologists are men of great wickedness and pride.
And on it goes from there, with harmony singing back-up.
I never sing back up. And I never said that.
Daniel Peterson wrote:Mister Scratch wrote:the apologists are men of great wickedness and pride.
And on it goes from there, with harmony singing back-up.
Gadianton wrote:I can understand Scratch's concern, and his strong disagreement with my proposal. Let it not be said that we always agree on everything. Some apologists might be elitist enough that they'd worry about the center being seen as a kind of "trade school". But I remain optimistic that such a center is plausible and could work.
I don't think it's viable yet, I think the various organizations need to gain some momentum first before a hub be founded. I guess in a way, kind of like a Time Share, there would first need to be enough going on to keep the center busy as it would primarily be for holding conferences and presenting papers, that sort of thing. I imagine a main hall with seating for maybe 250. Then one computer resource center with seating for about 15. Two libraries, one open access for all those with a membership, and the other would be locked under roughly the same conditions as the locked parts of the BYU library. I think a kitchen would be good. And definitely a small hall for memorabilia.
Mister Scratch wrote:Huh. Do you foresee entrance requirements of some kind? I.e., would there need to be the Mopologetic equivalent of a Temple Recommend in order to get in?
Daniel Peterson wrote:The game has grown old, Scratch.
Huh. Do you foresee entrance requirements of some kind? I.e., would there need to be the Mopologetic equivalent of a Temple Recommend in order to get in?
Daniel Peterson wrote:...and the helpful negative hyperbole of harmony, who imagine a "Mopologetic Conference Center" from which images of Christ are wholly absent
harmony wrote:Okay, you can have as many paintings of Christ as are normally allowed in LDS chapels. That would be... none.
We're rebels here. We still have ours, even though we've been ordered to take it down.
Gadianton wrote:With a growing number of independent Mormon communities, especially apologetic communities, and very especially Provo centered apologetic communities, one wonders if it would be of any benefit for these organizations to coordinate their efforts? Well, we know that there is the purchasing of bookstores, why not a conference center of sorts that could be used for regular and special meetings? A center that could house a library of the most important Mopologetic books, and even office space for the most important administrators and senior apologists to work out of where there could be increased personal interface between various apologetic organizations?
I imagine that this center might have paintings of the great founders of apologetics such as Hugh Nibley. Of course, there could be token pictures and paintings of the prophets to maintain the "front". Such a center could even generate revenue by selling memberships, a kind of Mopologetic YMCA. This way, aspiring junior apologists and even mid-tier apologists lacking the heavy money flows could take advantage of the repository of materials without having to constantly make expensive book purchases -- as not all qualify for deep discounts or can afford travel to remote conferences.
It's just a thought. Certainly, some conferences would need to be held remotely at non-LDS schools to sell the appearance that the apologists are famous and that apologetics is very scholarly. Also, there shouldn't be too much integration between groups so each one can have plausible deniability with respect to the others, allowing for greater redundancy to ensure if one apologist or group makes a serious mistake, it doesn't carry any weight.
I don't know, maybe in twenty years or so such a thing could be a good idea? What do you guys think?