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Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead
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Re: Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead
Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead
So true.
It is (to coin a term) very "Niblish".
*cough*
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Yes. I've seen the Mormon - Muslim cherry-picked connection used on this board multiple times.....
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Re: Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead
Best comment to the article was:
Vanka wrote:
With all the "cherry-picking parallels" being used by FAIR, Maxwell Institute, and other apologists, Daniel Peterson has the gumption to call out an evangelical preacher for doing it?
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Re: Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:Best comment to the article was:Vanka wrote:
With all the "cherry-picking parallels" being used by FAIR, Maxwell Institute, and other apologists, Daniel Peterson has the gumption to call out an evangelical preacher for doing it?
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Turning his criticisms on himself is not one of Danny's hobbies. Hypocrisy, however... that's one of his favorites!
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Re: Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead
The Mormon Report wrote:For your consideration:
Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead | Deseret News
Doctor Peterson's irony detection gland must have shriveled up for him to have even considered writing that one.
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Re: Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead
Buffalo wrote:The Mormon Report wrote:For your consideration:
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Doctor Peterson's irony detection gland must have shriveled up for him to have even considered writing that one.
Maybe he thought he could turn people's attention away from his own cherry picking by pointing out someone else's.
He's like a four year old hiding in plain sight.
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Re: Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead
This could have been an opportunity for bridge-building--an opportunity to explore the commonalities between Mormonism and Islam. Instead, the article seems an excuse to accuse an Evangelical critic of being dishonest.
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After reading the article I think DCP is just trolling everyone.
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Re: Cherry-picking similarities a powerful way to mislead
"Moses Middlebury" school of philology, according to which "Moses" and "Middlebury" are really the same name. You just have to drop the "-oses" and add the "-iddlebury."
This reminded me of NHM, just insert your favorite vowels.