tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121748613453410486.post3167436548382754597..comments2020-03-29T18:02:34.603-07:00Comments on Enough With This: Chapel Mormons Versus ApologistsCarson Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15490382424058161423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121748613453410486.post-32192774566863785322010-05-10T17:34:18.859-07:002010-05-10T17:34:18.859-07:00What you are arguing about matters though.
Often,...What you are arguing about matters though.<br /><br />Often, these "Psh" moments happen in the context of the ex-Mormon or critic using what he/she considers the chapel Mormon view to refute Mormonism AS A WHOLE.<br /><br />You get this a lot from Mormonism Research Ministries for instance. They'll seize upon something like Spencer Kimball's book the Miracle of Forgiveness - an undeniably popular and influential book for Mormons - and claim that it contains really all there is to say about Mormon notions of grace, repentance, and sin.<br /><br />Well, they might have a point if they were claiming - as you are here - that this book IS pretty-much the last word on all those subjects for an awful lot of Mormons.<br /><br />But this is not what they claim. Instead they claim that Kimball's book constitutes all that Mormonism can ever offer on the subjects. It is definitive of - not just many (or even most) Mormons - but rather is definitive of MormonISM.<br /><br />If that is the claim, then a "Psh" moment is, in my opinion, quite appropriate. Because the claim is fallacious.Seth R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13769247769345052208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121748613453410486.post-74795320979246315152010-05-09T07:08:00.227-07:002010-05-09T07:08:00.227-07:00I think the crux of the problem is in the correlat...I think the crux of the problem is in the correlated manuals (and the fact that the members are not allowed to go around/beyond them to have any kind of in-depth discussion of doctrine). It creates a situation where members don't know what their fellows believe, and consequently misrepresent "what Mormons believe" -- without any <i>deliberate intention</i> to deceive.<br /><br />I've written more about this point on my blog <a href="http://lfab-uvm.blogspot.com/2009/09/mormon-jungle-latter-day-cipher-by.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.com