Are most apologist EMOS

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_karl61
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Are most apologist EMOS

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not church attending Mormons but just electronic Mormons a.k.a. emos, something like selek or pahoran.
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_Daniel Peterson
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Re: Are most apologist EMOS

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Very doubtful.

Incidentally, I couldn't tell you about selek, but I'm quite confident that Pahoran participates fully in the Church.
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Re: Are most apologist EMOS

Post by _Yoda »

I think it's probably about half and half.

I think that there are some "armchair" apologists who may not attend Church every week, but who still feel the need to defend the LDS Church from critics. These "armchair" apologists can be made up of folks who may not be able to attend Church every week for health reasons, like Charity was, I believe, at one point (I'm not sure what her current health condition is now).

Dr. Peterson is a bishop, so it's pretty obvious that he attends Church meetings on a regular basis.

Bob Crockett is also a bishop, so, again, I would assume he attends Church meetings.

Gaz has indicated that he teaches Priesthood, so I think it's safe to say that he attends weekly.

Out of curiosity, why do you think that Selek and Pahoran don't attend meetings? Frankly, I assumed that they did.

Are you asking if apologists are more vocal in an Internet or electronic setting than they might be in public?
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Re: Are most apologist EMOS

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do they look like emos
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Re: Are most apologist EMOS

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karl61 wrote:do they look like emos


Humor... FAIL.

Sorry.
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Re: Are most apologist EMOS

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Daniel Peterson wrote:Very doubtful.

Incidentally, I couldn't tell you about selek, but I'm quite confident that Pahoran participates fully in the Church.

You guys haven't kicked him out yet?
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Re: Are most apologist EMOS

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The emo band Jimmy Eat World are Jews.

that's almost Mormon isn't it?
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Re: Are most apologist EMOS

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Gazelam wrote:The emo band Jimmy Eat World are Jews.

that's almost Mormon isn't it?


If your definition of "almost" allows you to say that "Mormons are almost Muslims", or "Jews are almost Baptists", then yes... I agree.
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Re: Are most apologist EMOS

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karl61 wrote:not church attending Mormons but just electronic Mormons a.k.a. emos, something like selek or pahoran.

I can see why you might suspect that. They do seem very fake and insincere. I mean, really... who talks like that, or actually believes that which they profess? Come on!
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Re: Are most apologist EMOS

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Gazelam wrote:The emo band Jimmy Eat World are Jews.

that's almost Mormon isn't it?

One of the members of Jimmy Eat World went on an LDS mission, actually. I hadn't heard that any of them are Jews. Maybe the acronym of the band's name is confusing you?
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