It is currently Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:57 pm

All times are UTC - 7 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 416 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 20  Next
Author Message
 Post subject: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:46 pm 
Dark Lord of the Sith
User avatar

Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 6:16 pm
Posts: 10449
Location: Cassius University, Department of Cynicism
Dear Simon:

Having failed to demonstrate any specific knowledge about the Church you claim to defend (on the internet, I mean---it wasn't important enough for a mission or anything like that), I find it striking that you don't understand the apologist talking points that you parrot, either.

"Quote mining" in apologist parlance does not means reflexively kvetching every time your contradicting the Church is pointed out by legitimate sources of LDS doctrine. "Quote mining" means taking a quote out of context to misrepresent church teachings or policy.

http://en.fairmormon.org/Quote_mining/H ... the_Church

http://en.fairmormon.org/Quote_mining/Ensign

http://en.fairmormon.org/Quote_mining/J ... Discourses

http://en.fairmormon.org/Quote_mining/D ... _Salvation

Since you have now decided to cry "quote mining!" whenever I point out that your baseless assertions more often than not are diametrically opposed to what the LDS Church actually teaches, you are cordially invited to point out a single thing I have posted on this board from General Conference talks, the Ensign, the scriptures, and/or recent church curricula that is taken out of context, or that does not accurately represent the position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on any given topic.

Ready.....go!

_________________
How to start a new religion

On points of historical fact, the difference between the Bible and Book of Mormon is something akin to the difference between Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and The Hobbit. --Reverend Kishumen


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:00 pm 
Anti-Mormon

Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:32 pm
Posts: 4685
Location: In the Politburo
Has anyone else ever noticed Darth J is like the mopologists worst nightmare?

_________________
"To be a reactionary is to understand that man is a problem without a human solution."
- Colacho in Escolios a un Texto Implícito, page 381
My Blog.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:09 pm 
\m/ \m/
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:52 am
Posts: 9778
Location: "A place that has to be believed to be seen"
Darth J,

It's all 'quote mining' when you refer to a COJCOLDS statement outside the context of the Spirit--the Spirit of everything-COJCOLDS-is-correct.

In the context of the Spirit, the illogical makes sense and every COJCOLDS quote has its context.

With the Spirit, every COJCOLDS statement makes the bosom burn; without it, the statement is confounding.

This message was brought to you on behalf of Apologetic Holiness of Limited Enlightenment--the AHOLE movement.

_________________
a missionary is going to be asked to defend, share and promote some zany s***.-Mayan Elephant

we try to argue that faith is something different than it is ... to legitimatize it-cinepro

Madness is rare in individuals-but in groups, political parties, nations and eras it's the rule.-Nietzsche


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:36 pm 
God
User avatar

Joined: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:02 pm
Posts: 2930
that avatar is so dark and glumy

please bring Miley back.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:39 pm 
Seedy Academician
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:00 pm
Posts: 11168
Location: The Brutus Memorial Rectory at Cassius University
I have a shrine to Darth J that is now receiving blood sacrifices. I kid you not.

_________________
"I don't believe that Joseph Smith was influenced by Platonism in any substantive way."~Dr. Daniel Peterson


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:41 pm 
\m/ \m/
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:52 am
Posts: 9778
Location: "A place that has to be believed to be seen"
Kishkumen wrote:
I have a shrine to Darth J that is now receiving blood sacrifices. I kid you not.

After you slay the lamb and spill its blood on the altar, can you then make kabobs?

_________________
a missionary is going to be asked to defend, share and promote some zany s***.-Mayan Elephant

we try to argue that faith is something different than it is ... to legitimatize it-cinepro

Madness is rare in individuals-but in groups, political parties, nations and eras it's the rule.-Nietzsche


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:20 pm 
God
User avatar

Joined: Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:40 pm
Posts: 1012
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Quote:
Has anyone else ever noticed Darth J is like the mopologists worst nightmare?


I've noticed.

_________________
eschew obfuscation

"I'll let you believers in on a little secret: not only is the LDS church not really true, it's obviously not true." -Sethbag


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:52 pm 
God
User avatar

Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:44 pm
Posts: 1927
MrStakhanovite wrote:
Has anyone else ever noticed Darth J is like the mopologists worst nightmare?

I haven't decided if I prefer reading Darth J. destroy the convoluted non-logic of the internet Mormon mopologist with the very teachings of the church they profess to be defending, or watching primo asian porn?

They both relieve stress, so the verdict is not yet out.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:17 am 
Founder & Visionary
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:07 pm
Posts: 9411
Location: Shady Acres Status: MODERATOR
sock puppet wrote:
It's all 'quote mining' when you refer to a COJCOLDS statement outside the context of the Spirit--the Spirit of everything-COJCOLDS-is-correct.

In the context of the Spirit, the illogical makes sense and every COJCOLDS quote has its context.

With the Spirit, every COJCOLDS statement makes the bosom burn; without it, the statement is confounding.

Replace the words "the Spirit" with the word "Mopologetics" and I think you've nailed it.

_________________
"I think the FLDS women and children understand their roles and their responsibilities and thus see no need to lobby for rights."

--Fence Sitter, 01/25/2013


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:40 pm 
Darth J wrote:
Dear Simon:

Having failed to demonstrate any specific knowledge about the Church you claim to defend (on the internet, I mean---it wasn't important enough for a mission or anything like that), I find it striking that you don't understand the apologist talking points that you parrot, either.

"Quote mining" in apologist parlance does not means reflexively kvetching every time your contradicting the Church is pointed out by legitimate sources of LDS doctrine. "Quote mining" means taking a quote out of context to misrepresent church teachings or policy.

http://en.fairmormon.org/Quote_mining/H ... the_Church

http://en.fairmormon.org/Quote_mining/Ensign

http://en.fairmormon.org/Quote_mining/J ... Discourses

http://en.fairmormon.org/Quote_mining/D ... _Salvation

Since you have now decided to cry "quote mining!" whenever I point out that your baseless assertions more often than not are diametrically opposed to what the LDS Church actually teaches, you are cordially invited to point out a single thing I have posted on this board from General Conference talks, the Ensign, the scriptures, and/or recent church curricula that is taken out of context, or that does not accurately represent the position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on any given topic.

Ready.....go!


I'm not an apologist.


Top
  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:45 pm 
God
User avatar

Joined: Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:06 pm
Posts: 12419
Location: Provo, Utah
Simon Belmont wrote:
I'm not an apologist.


Nope, but you seem to be president of the apologist fan club.

_________________
Runtu's Rincón

If you just talk, I find that your mouth comes out with stuff. -- Karl Pilkington


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:22 pm 
God
User avatar

Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:44 pm
Posts: 1927
Simon Belmont wrote:
I'm not an apologist.

No, nothing but a nonsubstantive, evasive, no-answer kind of guy. You would make a stellar general authority. The church needs non-thinking leaders just like you....if only you had some leadership qualities.

A mission might have helped you develop leadership. Maybe in the spirit world?


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:00 pm 
Dark Lord of the Sith
User avatar

Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 6:16 pm
Posts: 10449
Location: Cassius University, Department of Cynicism
Simon Belmont wrote:

I'm not an apologist.


Irrelevant. You are resorting to the apologist trope of crying "quote mining" without even using the term correctly. So prove that I am "quote mining."

_________________
How to start a new religion

On points of historical fact, the difference between the Bible and Book of Mormon is something akin to the difference between Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and The Hobbit. --Reverend Kishumen


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:05 pm 
Darth J wrote:
Irrelevant. You are resorting to the apologist trope of crying "quote mining" without even using the term correctly. So prove that I am "quote mining."


Because I am not an apologist, I am not bound by the apologist parlance.


Top
  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:21 pm 
God
User avatar

Joined: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:11 pm
Posts: 2863
MrStakhanovite wrote:
Has anyone else ever noticed Darth J is like the mopologists worst nightmare?



Yep. There's about 8-10 posters on here who are cool rock stars. I always look for their posts and go to them immediately. Very, very interesting people here. It's like sitting on the stairs late at night as a kid and listening to the adults talk in the living room.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:44 pm 
Dark Lord of the Sith
User avatar

Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 6:16 pm
Posts: 10449
Location: Cassius University, Department of Cynicism
Simon Belmont wrote:
Darth J wrote:
Irrelevant. You are resorting to the apologist trope of crying "quote mining" without even using the term correctly. So prove that I am "quote mining."


Because I am not an apologist, I am not bound by the apologist parlance.


This is you talking to me in another thread where you say what you mean by "quote mining:"

Simon Belmont wrote:

Things that the leaders have said in the 1930s may not apply today, for example. It is up to us to determine if they are in harmony with the Gospel today by asking God. Your quote mining from historical documents of the church does nothing.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15476&p=380704&hilit=+quote+mining+#p380704



You are using the apologist term of art "quote mining" in exactly the same way that apologists do. Your attempt to avoid the issue that you have created is like claiming that the ancient Egyptians had aircraft, and when asked to back up your claim, saying that you are not a pilot so you are not bound by what pilots mean by "aircraft."

(Also, see generally William Schryver on "translate" and "Egyptian.")

So, again:

Point out a single thing I have posted on this board from General Conference talks, the Ensign, the scriptures, and/or recent church curricula that is taken out of context, or that does not accurately represent the position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on any given topic.

Or concede that you yet again are making unsupportable claims.

_________________
How to start a new religion

On points of historical fact, the difference between the Bible and Book of Mormon is something akin to the difference between Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and The Hobbit. --Reverend Kishumen


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:27 pm 
God
User avatar

Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 9:49 am
Posts: 1420
Simon Belmont wrote:

Because I am not an apologist, I am not bound by the apologist parlance.


Lol....so because you are not an "apologist" (a person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc.), you don't have to use the proper meaning of common terms when communicating with people? (Although that seems to be a pretty standard tactic for LDS "apologists"....)

Maybe you meant to say you are not a GOOD "apologist"....

_________________
"...your circular reasoning that children should be experimented upon to justify a political agenda...just to "prove it" one way or another is tantamount to the Nazi justification for experimenting on human beings." - SUBgenius on homosexual marriage.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:34 pm 
Dark Lord of the Sith
User avatar

Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 6:16 pm
Posts: 10449
Location: Cassius University, Department of Cynicism
Simon Belmont wrote:

I'm not an apologist.



By the way:

How is it that you are such a stalwart defender of Mormon apologetics

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15191&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=roadblocks

and yet when you are called upon to substantiate your claims that are based specifically on your using a Mormon apologetics term of art the same way Mormon apologists do, suddenly you are "not an apologist"?

_________________
How to start a new religion

On points of historical fact, the difference between the Bible and Book of Mormon is something akin to the difference between Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and The Hobbit. --Reverend Kishumen


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:39 pm 
Dark Lord of the Sith
User avatar

Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 6:16 pm
Posts: 10449
Location: Cassius University, Department of Cynicism
To help further clarify that Simon Belmont is indeed referring to "quote mining" in the exact same way Mormon apologists use the term:

Simon Belmont wrote:
And I am sorry, DJ, but that is what I have always been taught from my church leaders. Now, I am sure you will find some obscure quotation from a bygone era to demonstrate your point -- have at it.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15191&p=372937&hilit=bygone#p372937


_________________
How to start a new religion

On points of historical fact, the difference between the Bible and Book of Mormon is something akin to the difference between Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and The Hobbit. --Reverend Kishumen


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:41 pm 
Dark Lord of the Sith
User avatar

Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 6:16 pm
Posts: 10449
Location: Cassius University, Department of Cynicism
Oh, and Simon:

If I am "quote mining" by finding some obscure thing a General Authority said one time and taking it out of context to distort what the Church's teachings/position are/is, why do I link to every single quote from LDS sources I have put on this board?

_________________
How to start a new religion

On points of historical fact, the difference between the Bible and Book of Mormon is something akin to the difference between Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and The Hobbit. --Reverend Kishumen


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Simon Belmont: This is what "quote mining" means
PostPosted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:50 pm 
God
User avatar

Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:57 pm
Posts: 10020
Location: Ithaca
quote mining is new to me. I think I may have quote mined a few times. Oh well.

_________________
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)

The Holy Sacrament.


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 416 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 20  Next

All times are UTC - 7 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Arrakis, Brad Hudson, cafe crema, Cicero, Doctor Steuss, Equality, Google [Bot], huckelberry, ludwigm, madeleine, Molok, Sethbag, son of Ishmael, Tobin, why me and 31 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Jump to:  
Revival Theme By Brandon Designs By B.Design-Studio © 2007-2008 Brandon
Revival Theme Based off SubLite By Echo © 2007-2008 Echo
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group