Up until about six or so months ago, I was rather active in posting on political posts. Now, I usually don’t even read them. Part of this is my dissertation – I have less time for blogging – but the main reason is: I find I like everyone a lot better.
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Meridian Magazine has a problem
Meridian Magazine is holding an LDS themed “Celebrate Alaska” something or other. But their publicity needs some serious work, as it is rather insulting to a significant section of the potential audience.
FAIR Conference 2007
I’ve just returned from the annual FAIR conference. ‘Twas a lovely time. You all should come next time (7-8 August 2008). I took almost no notes, but instead just sat and listened, so I’ll keep with the minimalist theme and share very few thoughts. Transcripts and/or audio and video recordings should be available on the FAIR website eventually, if anything in particular interests you.
The Mormon [literary figure of choice]
The Mormon Harry Potter. The Mormon Nancy Drew. The Mormon [Whatever].
After seeing the latest Nancy Drew movie (which was an amazingly excellent movie, BTW – I may post a review later just because I liked it so much) with my wife, I had a conversation with some members of my ward who were also there.
The Problems with Debunking and a fix or three
Literary critic/rhetorician/philosopher Kenneth Burke pointed out a large problem with any program of debunking that I believe applies to Anti-Mormons, Mormon Apologetics, and even the kind of debunking that goes on at Sunstone symposia, in the pages of Dialogue (and others), or even on the Bloggernacle.
(Warning: very long post below the fold).