MG 2.0 wrote:
...I'm not avoiding questions or engagement...I'm trying to avoid the contention that can erupt if we are not careful to try and avoid it...
To add another acronym, that's just MGBS, a.k.a. mental gymnastic b*ll sh*t. Res Ipsa called him on this over and over and over, and his words still hold today.
...Notice that none of your claims is prefaced by: this is what Mormons believe. Or even even "this is what I believe. You are telling every reader of the board [that] what you claim is objective truth.
...Threads in which you participate are literally riddled with your "processs comments"... Commonly, you do this as what you might imagine is some kind of clever zinger at the end of a post. The subtext is always "I know the real truth and if you disagree there is something wrong with you."
He doesn't avoid contention, he starts it. Repeatedly. That's trolling.