Difference between revisions of "Template:Antispeak"

|apologist='''Dismissal of apologists' use of new data as simply a desperate ploy'''—When the facts don't stack up in the critics' favor, simply imply that apologists are executing a desperate ploy to try and distract you.

|apologist='''Dismissal of apologists' use of new data as simply a desperate ploy'''—When the facts don't stack up in the critics' favor, simply imply that apologists are executing a desperate ploy to try and distract you.

|beg the question='''Begging the question''': Critics will often assume what they are trying to prove in how they frame questions or describe issues.

|beg the question='''Begging the question''': Critics will often assume what they are trying to prove in how they frame questions or describe issues.

| change opinion='''Believers aren't allowed to change their opinions''': if believers don't abandon their faith because of the critics' arguments, they are "ignoring the evidence."  When believers change their opinions as new data become available, the critics declare that this means the believers are being inconsistent or caving in.

| change opinion='''Believers aren't allowed to change their opinions''': if believers don't abandon their faith because of the critics' arguments, they are "ignoring the evidence."  When believers change their opinions as new data become available, the critics declare that this means the believers are being inconsistent or caving in.

|despair='''Believers are characterized to be in a state of "desperation" or "despair" or "grasping at straws"'''—Critics wish to make it appear that believers are never on solid ground based upon facts and that any attempt to support their belief is an act of desperation or despair.

|despair='''Believers are characterized to be in a state of "desperation" or "despair" or "grasping at straws"'''—Critics wish to make it appear that believers are never on solid ground based upon facts and that any attempt to support their belief is an act of desperation or despair.

|doesn't count='''Doesn't count''': Critics like to claim the Church ''never'' or ''rarely'' does something, and then insist that every counter-example doesn't really count (if they mention them at all).  This lets them ignore all evidence contrary to their position.

|doesn't count='''Doesn't count''': Critics like to claim the Church ''never'' or ''rarely'' does something, and then insist that every counter-example doesn't really count (if they mention them at all).  This lets them ignore all evidence contrary to their position.

| ex-mormon='''Quotes from Ex-Mormon message board posts do not produce the best evidence'''—Ex-mormon message board posts tend to let their rhetoric obscure facts.

| ex-mormon='''Quotes from Ex-Mormon message board posts do not produce the best evidence'''—Ex-mormon message board posts tend to let their rhetoric obscure facts.

| loaded= '''Loaded language''' —Critics often use negative terms, biased language, or casual terms to make LDS matters seem bizarre, evil, or absurd.

| loaded= '''Loaded language''' —Critics often use negative terms, biased language, or casual terms to make LDS matters seem bizarre, evil, or absurd.

| liars= '''Liars''' —Critics often assume or claim that LDS leaders or members are lying or dishonest.  They do not consider or grant that even if they are in error, they might have made an error innocently or unintentionally. Any error (real or perceived) is evidence of ''lying''.

| liars= '''Liars''' —Critics often assume or claim that LDS leaders or members are lying or dishonest.  They do not consider or grant that even if they are in error, they might have made an error innocently or unintentionally. Any error (real or perceived) is evidence of ''lying''.