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*The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''November 11, 2012''' | *The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''November 11, 2012''' | ||
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| − | A person has to do their own convincing. Your dad is doing the research and is asking questions. Let it take its course. Hopefully you pointed him to the right resources (MormonThink.com, etc.) | + | A person has to do their own convincing. Your dad is doing the research and is asking questions. Let it take its course. Hopefully you pointed him to the right resources (<span style="color:blue">MormonThink.com, etc.</span>) |
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*The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''November 15, 2012''' | *The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''November 15, 2012''' | ||
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*The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''February 19, 2013''' | *The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''February 19, 2013''' | ||
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| − | Yeah, reading "The Mormon Murders" and other stuff about the Mark Hoffman disaster did really did some damage on how I look at Hinckley and the modern church. Specifically, the buying and hiding the embarrassing forgeries along with the lack of discernment. | + | Yeah, <span style="color:blue">reading "The Mormon Murders" and other stuff about the Mark Hoffman disaster</span> did really did some damage on how I look at Hinckley and the modern church. Specifically, the buying and hiding the embarrassing forgeries along with the lack of discernment. |
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*The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''February 22, 2013''' | *The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''February 22, 2013''' | ||
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| − | http://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/07/a-treasured-testament?lang=eng He [Elder Russell M. Nelson] quotes David Whitmer's testimony of rock in the hat translation method. | + | http://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/07/a-treasured-testament?lang=eng <span style="color:blue">He [Elder Russell M. Nelson] quotes David Whitmer's testimony of rock in the hat translation method.</span> |
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*The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''March 26, 2013''' | *The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''March 26, 2013''' | ||
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*The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''April 12, 2013''' | *The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''April 12, 2013''' | ||
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| − | Final draft of letter is done! Let me know what you guys think before I send. | + | <span style="color:blue">Final draft of letter is done!</span> Let me know what you guys think before I send. |
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*The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''April 30, 2013''' | *The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''April 30, 2013''' | ||
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| − | I just visited FAIRlds.org, a pro-LDS apologetics site. its fascinating and terrifiying. FAIR confirms polyandry and the rock in the hat translation. Both of these issues usually cause severe cog dis in members. They did with me. I mean, once the rock in the hat story was confirmed, the whole thing collapsed because the rock in the hat ruins the official story of ancient prophets creating gold plates for Joseph and the testimony of the witnesses of the gold plates (since Joseph never used the plates anyway). | + | <span style="color:blue">I just visited FAIRlds.org, a pro-LDS apologetics site.</span> its fascinating and terrifiying. FAIR confirms polyandry and the rock in the hat translation. Both of these issues usually cause severe cog dis in members. They did with me. I mean, once the rock in the hat story was confirmed, the whole thing collapsed because the rock in the hat ruins the official story of ancient prophets creating gold plates for Joseph and the testimony of the witnesses of the gold plates (since Joseph never used the plates anyway). |
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*How did the author write that FAIR caused him these huge problems, when he claims that he visited FAIR ''after'' he wrote "A Letter to a CES Director"? | *How did the author write that FAIR caused him these huge problems, when he claims that he visited FAIR ''after'' he wrote "A Letter to a CES Director"? | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Conclusion"
- "Among the first sources I looked to for answers were official Church sources such as Mormon.org and LDS.org. I couldn’t find them."
- "FAIR and these unofficial apologists have done more to destroy my testimony than any anti-Mormon source ever could"