Dan Peterson is Something Else

[_Kevin Graham]

"If a proposition is obviously, indisputably false, those who continue to defend it must necessarily be either self-deluded, incompetent, or dishonest." - Daniel C. Peterson

Yes, his hypocrisy is evident in so many ways.

What he said above is precisely the reasoning used for calling Stowell dishonest. It is precisely the reason people like John Taylor and John Gee are dishonest.

John Gee writes that Quinn "has made a most unfortunate choice in the term magic, which he then defines in a deceptive, unhistorical, and fundamentally dishonest way."

Oh, how ironic.

And I loved this one by Stephen Robinson, who attacks Signature Books:

"I suppose by now it is clear that I did not like this book. I did not like it primarily because it is dishonest. It is dishonest to pass off the religion of the scholars as the Church of Jesus Christ. It is dishonest to pass off Protestantism in Mormon dress as the religion restored through Joseph Smith. It is dishonest to pass off a rejection and a denial of that religion as merely a "reinterpretation." It is dishonest to pass off ex-Latter-day Saints, non-Latter-day Saints, Reorganized Latter-day Saints, disaffected Latter-day Saints, and hard-core anti-Latter-day Saints as "Mormon" essayists. Give me a Walter Martin anytime, a good stout wolf with his own fur on, instead of those more timid or sly parading around in their ridiculous fleeces with their teeth and tails hanging out."

And this one by Daniel Peterson:

"Dr. Ankerberg and Dr. Dr. Weldon are upset about my "sarcastic and invective [sic] portrayal of this book as 'bigoted, intolerant, ugly, incompetent and dishonest' (p. 451). I must apologize. I did not mean to seem sarcastic. To set the record straight, let me define, as clearly and precisely and dispassionately as I am able to do, my serious, considered opinion of the book, even after its change of title and after the cosmetic alterations Dr. Ankerberg and Dr. Dr. Weldon have made to small portions of its text: It is bigoted, intolerant, ugly, incompetent, an dishonest."

And a few others from Dan's primary publication venue:

"A Deliberate Deception. Contrary to the publisher's claims, the book is not new." - John Gee

"Metcalfe has practiced a transparent deception on the readers of Dialogue, a deception the editors had a responsibility to correct" - Alan Goff

"Leaving the Saints is a frustrating book. It is also a dishonest book" - Gregory Taggert

Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg of the well-poisoning that goes on at the Maxwell Institute. These citations prove beyond dispute that Dan Peterson doesn't really have a problem calling people dishonest. What really bothers him is when those people turn out to be his friends or religious icons.

[_Yong Xi]

Mmm. Notice how often he brings me up on threads that have absolutely nothing to do with me, where I'm not even participating? Notice how I never do the same for him?

LOL!

Mi sono reso conto del fatto che la "MsJack" sia diventata proprio un capolavoro dell’ingannarsi. Lei si è ben provata degna di prendersene il merito, e ne devo concederla il credito dovuto.

Comunque, sebbene l’autore di questo filo voglia che ce lo pensiamo di trattarsene del buon professore, e la sua viltà presunta, io credo che sia perfettamente trasparente che lui se ne preoccupi più della questione: “Condannerà il professore il mio nemico mortale?” Ecco ciò che è, per lui, l’ansia suprema: ridurre al silenzio quella voce che si afflige di più. In praticamente ogni suoi fili recenti, o qui o nell’altro foro, lui si fa sicuro di far menzionare il mio nome, sempre cogli aggettivi che se ne siano adeguati, al pare suo. Sembra che lui (come anche molte altre di voi) sia quasi ossessionato dal bisogno a constringere il buon professore a rinunciarmi, una volta per tutte! Infatti, sono bel persuaso che questa sia stata una delle vostre interesse principali già da molti anni. Vi ho tormentati con le mie parole, e vi sentite costretti a farmene cessare.

Beh, vedremo che cosa accadrà. Ho buona ragione per credere che gli sforzi dispenti qui onde rendermi silenzioso, e tener nascosti i risultati della mia ricerca, si saranno tutti vanitosi ed inutili. In ogni caso, in fin dei conti, non me ne infischierò niente. Nonostante quanto la voleste, non mi potete tenere nel vostro buio. La verità è indubbiamente una scelta, ed io, senza alcun dubbio, so di aver scelta bene.

Kukhode og runkefjes.

[_Yong Xi]

I choose not to prove the obvious. You're a person who knows a lot but is a fool. Always has been; always will be. Too much wanting to see your name and opinions in public -- the fool's quest.

Not sure if this is directed at Kevin or Daniel.

[_Chap]

.... [Schryver] was working towards a respectable position in [LDS] apologetics. ...,

Will you have fries with your oxymoron, sir?

As they say ...

An oxymoron is a figure of speech combining terms that are usually contradictory of one another. Some examples are: jumbo shrimp / extremely average /same difference /living dead /bad health / calculated risk/ wise fool / cruel to be kind / the sound of silence ~ deafening silence / open secret

[_Spurven Ten Sing]

Kukhode og runkefjes.

Hmmmm.....I am betting this didn't come out of Google Translate. Hilarious, though. Am I not the only nordmann here?