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_William Schryver
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harmony wrote:
William Schryver wrote:In any event, if my "credibility" is gone, I can at least take comfort in the fact that I took Brent Metcalfe's with me. :lol:


Time to see the therapist again, William. The delusions are back.

Delusions?

Right.

Specific arguments concerning textual criticism which have been confirmed by professionals in the pertinent fields of study -- textual criticism and forensic document analysis. Arguments which Metcalfe aggressively ridiculed and boldly claimed to be spurious when I first made them, and yet which have since been confirmed by experts whose experience and credentials he is not in a position to dispute, let alone rebut.

And the bad news for Metcalfe, his theories, and his inflated reputation is not yet over. I will elaborate further in coming weeks ...
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Doctor Scratch wrote:
William Schryver wrote:In any event, if my "credibility" is gone, I can at least take comfort in the fact that I took Brent Metcalfe's with me. :lol:


Hi there, Wheat....er, I mean Will. Are you sure you aren't talking about your attempts to slam Dan Vogel---attempts for which you were very seriously embarrassed, especially after your "Chozah" sockpuppet was unmasked? You really ought to concentrate your efforts on something other than the Book of Abraham. You wouldn't want to end up like Prof. Gee now, would you?

I actually have developed a healthy respect for Dan Vogel. I might not agree with all -- or even many -- of Dan's conclusions. But Dan at least produces something tangible that can be assessed. Metcalfe can't say the same.

And your seeming willingness to bury John Gee under a heap of uninformed ridicule is simply another example of how you feed your delusions of grandeur here in the isolated confines of the mutually congratulating and wantonly self-gratifying Great and Spacious Trailer Park™. Funny that Gee's colleagues in the world of Egyptology do not share in your opinion. The only people that don't see Gee as a highly-respected scholar in his field are a handful of shameless and ignorant critics of Mormonism.
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William Schryver wrote: I will elaborate further in coming weeks ...


As if we hadn't heard that before.

Wake me up when someone finds a rock with Zarahemla etched in it.
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harmony wrote:
William Schryver wrote: I will elaborate further in coming weeks ...


As if we hadn't heard that before.

Wake me up when someone finds a rock with Zarahemla etched in it.

That will be the one you are seeking to hide underneath at the second coming.

And you've apparently not been paying any attention to the ongoing Book of Abraham debates, so you'd do better to remain silent and be thought the fool you are than ... well, you know the old saw.
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William Schryver wrote:
And your seeming willingness to bury John Gee under a heap of uninformed ridicule is simply another example of how you feed your delusions of grandeur here in the isolated confines of the mutually congratulating and wantonly self-gratifying Great and Spacious Trailer Park™. Funny that Gee's colleagues in the world of Egyptology do not share in your opinion. The only people that don't see Gee as a highly-respected scholar in his field are a handful of shameless and ignorant critics of Mormonism.
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Oh? Gee's "colleagues in the world of Egyptology" hold his Book of Abraham apologetics in high esteem? Can you provide documentary evidence of this, Will? Because I'd love to see it. The real truth is that Gee is laboring under an impossible burden. He is the Sisyphus of Mopologetics, and the strain has begun to wear him down.
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The real truth is that Gee is laboring under an impossible burden. He is the Sisyphus of Mopologetics, and the strain has begun to wear him down.

Yes, Dr. Scrotch, so we've heard. From you, that is.

And believe me, we give it all the credence it warrants.
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William Schryver wrote:
harmony wrote:Wake me up when someone finds a rock with Zarahemla etched in it.

That will be the one you are seeking to hide underneath at the second coming.

And you've apparently not been paying any attention to the ongoing Book of Abraham debates, so you'd do better to remain silent and be thought the fool you are than ... well, you know the old saw.


I never pay attention to stupid boring debates about things that have already been proven false. I don't listen to anyone who wants to argue if the earth is round, if the sun will be in the sky tomorrow, or if heaven was being pulled around the sky behind Hale Bopp, either. Some things are not worth my time.

You are, of course, free to waste your time researching and arguing about something that 99.999999% of the world already knows was simply a product of one man's intense imagination. Have at it.
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John Gee = LDS Apologist of the Book of Abraham.

Robert K. Ritner = Professor of Egyptology.
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Brackite wrote:John Gee = LDS Apologist of the Book of Abraham.

Robert K. Ritner = Professor of Egyptology.

You should, without any delay whatsoever, send an e-mail to the British Museum! They have obviously made a terrible mistake inviting Professor Gee to present at their prestigious Egyptology meetings in a few weeks.

Imagine the scandal what will erupt when Gee's true identity is discovered!
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William Schryver wrote:And your seeming willingness to bury John Gee under a heap of uninformed ridicule is simply another example of how you feed your delusions of grandeur here in the isolated confines of the mutually congratulating and wantonly self-gratifying Great and Spacious Trailer Park™. Funny that Gee's colleagues in the world of Egyptology do not share in your opinion. The only people that don't see Gee as a highly-respected scholar in his field are a handful of shameless and ignorant critics of Mormonism.


I had no idea that Gee's Mopologetics on the Book of Abraham were winning accolades in the wider world of Egyptology. What a coup! Please hasten to point us to the Egyptology publications where Gee's Mopologetics are cited, reviewed, used in an argument, etc. I suppose that you might be engaging in the fallacy of argument from authority, wherein you use Gee's other bona fides as the basis to lend his dubious Mopologetic arguments greater weight than they actually merit, but I would prefer to give you the benefit of the doubt.... for now.
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