Will Schryver Spits in the Face of John Tvedtnes

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Re: Will Schryver Spits in the Face of John Tvedtnes

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Persephone wrote:How is that The Dude and others get banned for basically nothing, and yet William Schryver is permitted to unleash a brutal attack on Brent Metcalfe and no one even bats an eye over there?

Did you guys see that?

I’ll never understand that place.


I saw it, Persephone.

Will and other Mormons appear to have free reign on MAD, making sneering attacks on non-Mormon posters without so much as a warning. It's appalling.

Chris Smith has made such a valiant effort on that thread. I'm impressed by his intelligence and demeanor. Chris is young, but he possesses a wit and a temperance that Will and other Book of Abraham apologists haven't developed in all their long years. Kudos to him!

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Persephone wrote:How is that The Dude and others get banned for basically nothing, and yet William Schryver is permitted to unleash a brutal attack on Brent Metcalfe and no one even bats an eye over there?

Did you guys see that?

I’ll never understand that place.


Because, as the mods will explain to you if you ask them "It's Our Board".

It's where LDS get to win against their critics (because the wheel is rigged, the deck is stacked, and the rules change whenever it is necessary to get the "right" result - which is the only way they can win).
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Chap wrote:
Persephone wrote:How is that The Dude and others get banned for basically nothing, and yet William Schryver is permitted to unleash a brutal attack on Brent Metcalfe and no one even bats an eye over there?

Did you guys see that?

I’ll never understand that place.


Because, as the mods will explain to you if you ask them "It's Our Board".

It's where LDS get to win against their critics (because the wheel is rigged, the deck is stacked, and the rules change whenever it is necessary to get the "right" result - which is the only way they can win).


I win all the time here.
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Re: Will Schryver Spits in the Face of John Tvedtnes

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The Nehor wrote:
I win all the time here.


That's because its OUR board. And we think you are cute.
Zadok:
I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis.
Maksutov:
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
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Re: Will Schryver Spits in the Face of John Tvedtnes

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Persephone wrote:How is that The Dude and others get banned for basically nothing, and yet William Schryver is permitted to unleash a brutal attack on Brent Metcalfe and no one even bats an eye over there?

Did you guys see that?

I’ll never understand that place.


That's what's most disappointing. The tenor of the board is set by all the posters, not just the critics.

It's almost the apologetic equivalent of Commodus (Joaquin Pheonix) in the last scene in "Gladiator", where they invite their "enemies" to a fair, public debate, and then try to rig the debate so they can't lose.

Interestingly, my banning wasn't for anything I said relating to the gospel or Church, or even for being cynical or sarcastic. It was for a perceived slight against apologists! If apologists are to be a protected class, I wonder what that will mean for Will's long-term prospects (or anyone who adopts a more orthodox or contrarian view towards apologetic subjects).

Ironically, the MA&D board could evolve into the kind of board that wouldn't have forced FAIR to jettison it in the first place.
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KimberlyAnn wrote:Chris Smith has made such a valiant effort on that thread. I'm impressed by his intelligence and demeanor. Chris is young, but he possesses a wit and a temperance that Will and other Book of Abraham apologists haven't developed in all their long years. Kudos to him!


Thanks, KA!
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CaliforniaKid wrote:
KimberlyAnn wrote:Chris Smith has made such a valiant effort on that thread. I'm impressed by his intelligence and demeanor. Chris is young, but he possesses a wit and a temperance that Will and other Book of Abraham apologists haven't developed in all their long years. Kudos to him!


Thanks, KA!


Chris is the kind of critic they ought to welcome over there: scrupulously honest and never offensive, and yet he's taken a personal beating like every other critic over there.

They're lucky to have you, Chris.
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Re: Will Schryver Spits in the Face of John Tvedtnes

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I don’t proclaim to know much about the KEP and the arguments therein.. but Schryver's attempt to dismantle the Quincy aspect should be quite laughable to anyone.
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Bump.
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Runtu wrote:Chris is the kind of critic they ought to welcome over there: scrupulously honest and never offensive, and yet he's taken a personal beating like every other critic over there.

They're lucky to have you, Chris.

Thanks, John!
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