Simon Belmont wrote:Okay, Darth J and Jersey Girl:
I am sure you both can understand my caution in revealing, for example, my real name or institutional affiliation. Likewise, I do not want to type out an entire abstract, since I do not have the digital files where I am at the moment.
Producing the papers was not what I required of Joseph Inc., and it should not be required of me. I simply wanted to know if he or she knew anything about Joseph Smith, because he or she obviously has a lot of anger and hatred for JSmith. Anger that I believe, that is entirely misplaced.
Let me put this delicately. I don't give a rats azz about Joseph or what Joseph writes. Apparently, you do.
In response to Joseph's OP, you made the following comments:
Please list for us every book you've read about Joseph Smith.
I guarantee I've read more.
Please list for us every research paper you've written about Joseph Smith.
I guarantee I've written more.
If you want to shift focus to Joseph, alright fine. Nowhere did Joseph make a claim regarding how many books he's read or research papers he's written about Joseph Smith.
YOU made the claim. You made the claim and wrapped it up in a bold guarantee.
I'm looking for indications of integrity/character/wisdom and that's all I'm looking for. Period.