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Scott Gordon Attacks Tyler Livingston Over CES Letter
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I guess it depends. It’s a terribly poor piece of scholarship. If you just want a tabloid-style dirty laundry I guess it serves its purpose.Philo Sofee wrote:
It's Book of Abraham materials are actually well done and mostly accurate, which is why all we got in return was mere name calling and tongue clucking instead of engaging with it.
I think Bennett thoroughly destroyed it, though. There’s much better critical stuff out there, like Vogel.
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Bennett’s response did the opposite of destroy it for me. I had no clue who he was that time and his writing style was obnoxious to read.
Bennett seems like a good human being, but his version of Mormonism that is his foundation is the definition of privilege.
Bennett seems like a good human being, but his version of Mormonism that is his foundation is the definition of privilege.
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Flemming wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:44 amI guess it depends. It’s a terribly poor piece of scholarship. If you just want a tabloid-style dirty laundry I guess it serves its purpose.Philo Sofee wrote:
It's Book of Abraham materials are actually well done and mostly accurate, which is why all we got in return was mere name calling and tongue clucking instead of engaging with it.
I think Bennett thoroughly destroyed it, though. There’s much better critical stuff out there, like Vogel.
Hugh Nibley claimed he bumped into Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Gertrude Stein, and the Grand Duke Vladimir Romanoff. Dishonesty is baked into Mormonism.
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Yes, I’m serious. What is bad about the CES letter?
"It’s ironic that the Church that people claim to be true, puts so much effort into hiding truths."
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All of it is shoddy scholarship. It’s tabloid level gossip. There is nothing new in it. Bennett did an amazing takedown.
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Oh I'm sure it was new to 99.9% of Mormons who encountered it.
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Out of curiosity, I looked up the Bennet response. He starts with a quote from...Caddyshack, the movie. That's as far as I got. What a ridiculous start.
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