tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post8436942027045846305..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The Elephantine in the RoomJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-21917596064973748842019-06-22T09:11:33.695-05:002019-06-22T09:11:33.695-05:00Another great post Jeff. Came across it by accide...Another great post Jeff. Came across it by accident. Wish I had time to read all you write. <br />Great comment Blake. <br /><br />And speaking of gymnastics....ok/not-ok getting some serious stretching exercises in as always :) ❤️JoePeacemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-30178779983056714842019-04-09T14:42:50.062-05:002019-04-09T14:42:50.062-05:00Blake - please prove us your full name, street add...Blake - please prove us your full name, street address, date of birth, and current phone number. Otherwise, as you have pointed out, you know everything you said above is complete nonsense and you are ashamed of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-57758364284507155382019-04-08T14:03:12.984-05:002019-04-08T14:03:12.984-05:00Here is the amazing thing -- FARMS did exactly wha...Here is the amazing thing -- FARMS did exactly what is being suggested and provided Book of Mormon names to top Ancient Near Eastern onomastic scholars without revealing that they were from the Book of Mormon. Result? They found significant concentration among names coming from just before the Babylonian captivity around the Norther Kingdom and Jerusalem. The results were quite specific.<br /><br />Saying that none of the folks working on Book of Mormon names are ethical and decent and that all folks working on names or "doing apologetics" are dishonest is the height of hubris and stupidity -- and frankly simple libel. Such libel coming from a person who does not have the honesty to provide a name says far more about you than about anyone else. Your sheer bravado and cowardice to to give us your identity so that we can see who is making such outlandish statements tells me that you are not willing to stand behind what you say because you know it is simple nonsense that would shame you if we knew who you are. <br /><br />The scholarship on names has shown a number of "bulls-eyes" that merit consideration. Show me a study showing that such names just show up at random in a ms. as you argue and then we have something to back you mere assertion without evidence.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042652787154610375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-78699699424649514332019-04-08T13:56:50.981-05:002019-04-08T13:56:50.981-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042652787154610375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-43240080253853086972019-04-07T00:21:47.392-05:002019-04-07T00:21:47.392-05:00
The LDS do not have decent, honest, moral and eth...<br />The LDS do not have decent, honest, moral and ethical people doing Apologetics. The ones doing Apologetics now do more harm than good....in many ways and areas. Many people abandon the LDS church because of these so called Apologists.<br /><br />Engaging independent researchers to look at LDS data etc would be a step in the right direction. Unfortunately this will never happen. The LDS leaders are as arrogant and lacking morals and ethics as the Apologists.<br /><br />Past LDS higher ups stated that the LDS church was being led down the wrong path by its very own leaders. Like all the Christian religions, the LDS church has gone to the Left/Alt Left; LDS leaders want the praises of the world more than anything; has abandoned many, many past teachings and has thrown past leaders under the bus.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-91859068317680163282019-04-06T18:24:44.633-05:002019-04-06T18:24:44.633-05:00It’s not the fries, Jeff, it’s the methodology. If...It’s not the fries, Jeff, it’s the methodology. If you do enough data dredging you can always turn up results that look like bull’s eyes but are in fact just coincidences.<br /><br />But don’t take my word for it. Instead, how about asking the Interpreter folks to hire a couple of independent researchers—say, a comparative linguist and a statistics expert who understands concepts like data dredging, the Texas Sharpshooter fallacy, and the multiple comparisons problem—to evaluate the methodology of LDS apologetics?<br /><br />— OKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com