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|claim=The author claims that, "Under [Elder Quentin] Cook’s counsel, FAIR and unofficial LDS apologetic websites are anti-Mormon sources that should be avoided. Not only do they introduce to Mormons “internet materials that magnify, exaggerate, and in some cases invent shortcoming of early Church leaders” but they provide many ridiculous answers with logical fallacies and omissions while leaving members confused and hanging with a bizarre version of Mormonism." | |claim=The author claims that, "Under [Elder Quentin] Cook’s counsel, FAIR and unofficial LDS apologetic websites are anti-Mormon sources that should be avoided. Not only do they introduce to Mormons “internet materials that magnify, exaggerate, and in some cases invent shortcoming of early Church leaders” but they provide many ridiculous answers with logical fallacies and omissions while leaving members confused and hanging with a bizarre version of Mormonism." | ||
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| − | *Read the author's statement carefully: " | + | *Read the author's statement carefully: FAIR provides "many ridiculous answers with logical fallacies and omissions." The author, ironically, commits the logical fallacy of "Appeal to Ridicule," which, according to Wikipedia, |
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Appeal to ridicule....is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or in any way humorous, to the specific end of a foregone conclusion that the argument lacks any substance which would merit consideration. | Appeal to ridicule....is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or in any way humorous, to the specific end of a foregone conclusion that the argument lacks any substance which would merit consideration. | ||
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*FAIR does not "magnify, exaggerate" or "invent shortcomings of early Church leaders." | *FAIR does not "magnify, exaggerate" or "invent shortcomings of early Church leaders." | ||
| − | *However, | + | *However, sarcasm is one way to magnify, exaggerate or invent shortcomings. Consider, for example, the author's "open letter" to Elder Cook which was posted on the ex-Mormon subreddit (under the pseudonym "Kolobot") in October 2012, prior to his creation of the "Letter to a CES Director." |
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*The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" wrote: | *The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" wrote: | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Other Concerns & Questions"
- Response to section: "Church’s Dishonesty and Whitewashing Over Its History" [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "2013 Official Declaration 2 Header Update Dishonesty" [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "Zina Diantha Huntington Young"[Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "Brigham Young Sunday School Manual" [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "Church Finances"
- Response to section: "Tithing"
- Response to section: "Names of the Church"
- Response to section: "Some things that are true are not very useful"
- Response to section: "Criticizing leaders" [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "Researching 'unapproved' materials on the internet"
- Response to section: "Going after members who publish or share their questions, concerns, and doubts" [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "Strengthening the Church Members Committee [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "When the prophet speaks the debate is over"