http://www.staylds.com Helping members stay IN the church Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:22:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.staylds.com/?page_id=29&cpage=1#comment-649 Stay LDS / Mormon » Blog Archive » What is Official Mormon Doctrine? Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:22:51 +0000 http://www.staylds.com/?page_id=29#comment-649 [...] Additional Support Resources [...] [...] Additional Support Resources [...]

]]> http://www.staylds.com/?page_id=29&cpage=1#comment-282 A Richard Bushman Audio Archive « Summa Theologica - Interfaith Dialogue Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:32:56 +0000 http://www.staylds.com/?page_id=29#comment-282 [...] 22, 2007. Interviewed by John Dehlin at Mormon Stories Podcast. Excellent Interview. Audio format. Do yourself a favor and download them to your [...] [...] 22, 2007. Interviewed by John Dehlin at Mormon Stories Podcast. Excellent Interview. Audio format. Do yourself a favor and download them to your [...]

]]> http://www.staylds.com/?page_id=29&cpage=1#comment-273 If you are not completely comfortable with the overall impact of Mormon Stories, why have you kept the archive online? | Mormon Stories Podcast Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:28:44 +0000 http://www.staylds.com/?page_id=29#comment-273 [...] podcast episodes of which I am unambiguously proud.  Most of them have been included on the StayLDS.com web [...] [...] podcast episodes of which I am unambiguously proud.  Most of them have been included on the StayLDS.com web [...]

]]> http://www.staylds.com/?page_id=29&cpage=1#comment-35 Rough Stone Rolling - LDS Mormon Forums Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:02:42 +0000 http://www.staylds.com/?page_id=29#comment-35 [...] In my opinion RSR is well written for both a general audience and a believing audience. The general audience can read it from one vantage point, as Bushman wrote it from a Karen Armstrong-like view of Mohammed. They don't have to be convinced to believe or not-believe. They read it as an interesting historical view from the vantage point of a believer. For the believing LDS person, it is an apologetic, not as bad as FAIR or FARMS, but still an apologetic. Bushman provides the arguments of plausibility on which apologetics are founded. Apologists in general will say, "Think in gray, so long as it supports the position that the church is true." They are guilty of the "Pink Unicorn" argument. Effectively saying, "There is a giant pink unicorn that lives on the dark side of the moon. Since you cannot prove it does not exist, it means that it does. Therfore it is true that a giant pink unicorn lives of the dark side of the moon." Of course this is a fallacious argument, but one on which apologists lean heavily and for which believing members who want the church to be true easily fall. Confirmation bias is a tough thing to self moderate, even if you understand it. For most people, they don't understand how they misinterpret data and information, leading to erroneous conclusions. IMHO, I think the best thing you can do is to listen to the interviews that John Dehlin does with Bro. Bushman. Library at StayLDS.com [...] [...] In my opinion RSR is well written for both a general audience and a believing audience. The general audience can read it from one vantage point, as Bushman wrote it from a Karen Armstrong-like view of Mohammed. They don’t have to be convinced to believe or not-believe. They read it as an interesting historical view from the vantage point of a believer. For the believing LDS person, it is an apologetic, not as bad as FAIR or FARMS, but still an apologetic. Bushman provides the arguments of plausibility on which apologetics are founded. Apologists in general will say, "Think in gray, so long as it supports the position that the church is true." They are guilty of the "Pink Unicorn" argument. Effectively saying, "There is a giant pink unicorn that lives on the dark side of the moon. Since you cannot prove it does not exist, it means that it does. Therfore it is true that a giant pink unicorn lives of the dark side of the moon." Of course this is a fallacious argument, but one on which apologists lean heavily and for which believing members who want the church to be true easily fall. Confirmation bias is a tough thing to self moderate, even if you understand it. For most people, they don’t understand how they misinterpret data and information, leading to erroneous conclusions. IMHO, I think the best thing you can do is to listen to the interviews that John Dehlin does with Bro. Bushman. Library at StayLDS.com [...]

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