Seven Habits of Highly Effective Mormon Discussions Posters

[_The Nehor]

Habit #6: Ascribe motives

No one here claims to be able to read minds however this should not stop you from acting as if you do. Assigning motives to people inevitably cheapens their actions. If an apostate says something they do it out of hatred for the Church....ALWAYS. If a member does something good they do it for appearances or as damage control or to show off. Whenever the obvious motive makes someone from the other side look good, twist it. The Church helped with the flood damage to score PR. The anti wrote about his mother's death to cast blame on the Church.

The best part of this habit is that no one can fight this approach. Even the person you accuse. Of course they say that, they would never admit the truth.

Habit #7: Questions are Weapons

This is the most important habit. Every question needs to be carefully calculated. All possible answers should be considered and if even one of them hurts your cause don't ask the question. Make sure you can twist the answer if need be. Eventually someone will refuse to answer your question as they suspect/know it is a trap. At this point feign innocence and make it clear your interest is academic and harmless. This is a good time to make a snide comment about how your opponent is obviously secretive/anti-intellectual/ignorant.

When you are asked a question, ALWAYS watch for the traps. If you think you're about to get stuck, use earlier habits to muddle the issue.




Once you've mastered these habits you too can be an effective warrior for your side on MDB. Learn them well, grasshopper.