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|mocking='''Mocking language and hyperbole'''—The critic intentionally exaggerates claims in order to mock believers. | |mocking='''Mocking language and hyperbole'''—The critic intentionally exaggerates claims in order to mock believers. | ||
|mutually exclusive='''Mutually exclusive claims'''—When critics need an attack against the Church, ''any'' excuse will do, even if they are mutually self-contradictory: if one argument is true, the other cannot be. They hope we don't notice that an internally consistent story is not being told. | |mutually exclusive='''Mutually exclusive claims'''—When critics need an attack against the Church, ''any'' excuse will do, even if they are mutually self-contradictory: if one argument is true, the other cannot be. They hope we don't notice that an internally consistent story is not being told. | ||
| − | |no mention'''Church never tells us'''—Critics often claim the Church doesn't reveal or discuss something, when Church publications have discussed the matter, often at length and in detail. | + | |no mention='''Church never tells us'''—Critics often claim the Church doesn't reveal or discuss something, when Church publications have discussed the matter, often at length and in detail. |
| + | |not doctrine='''Not doctrine'''—Critics make claims about what "the Church teaches" or what "I was taught," but these ideas are specifically repudiated by official sources. | ||
| repeat = '''Repetition''' —Critics often repeat the same claim again and again, as if repetition improved their argument. Or, they use the same 'shock-quote' multiple times. | | repeat = '''Repetition''' —Critics often repeat the same claim again and again, as if repetition improved their argument. Or, they use the same 'shock-quote' multiple times. | ||
| shrill='''Shrillness makes you appear silly and inaccurate''' —When critics become shrill, they sacrifice accuracy and begin making silly sarcastic claims. | | shrill='''Shrillness makes you appear silly and inaccurate''' —When critics become shrill, they sacrifice accuracy and begin making silly sarcastic claims. | ||
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