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*The author, after noting that he was troubled by Elder Nelson's talk in the Ensign which mentioned Joseph's use of a stone in a hat, said that "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." In other words, he thinks that FAIR ''should deny that these things happened.'' One should not reasonably expect FAIR to deny things that are printed in the ''Ensign,'' such as Elder Nelson's talk which mentions the stone in the hat. How, then, did FAIR do "more to destroy" his testimony than any anti-Mormon source ever could. (This actually reflects a popular and common meme among online ex-Mormons that tries to cast FAIR as an "anti-Mormon" site. The promotion of this idea is well represented in "A Letter to a CES Editor.") | *The author, after noting that he was troubled by Elder Nelson's talk in the Ensign which mentioned Joseph's use of a stone in a hat, said that "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." In other words, he thinks that FAIR ''should deny that these things happened.'' One should not reasonably expect FAIR to deny things that are printed in the ''Ensign,'' such as Elder Nelson's talk which mentions the stone in the hat. How, then, did FAIR do "more to destroy" his testimony than any anti-Mormon source ever could. (This actually reflects a popular and common meme among online ex-Mormons that tries to cast FAIR as an "anti-Mormon" site. The promotion of this idea is well represented in "A Letter to a CES Editor.") | ||
| − | *It is clear from his statements online (shown below) that he went to MormonThink and lds.org first. It is also evident that the author is only familiar selected quotes from a variety of primary sources that are included on critical websites. | + | *It is clear from his statements online (shown below) that he went to MormonThink and lds.org first. It is also evident that the author is only familiar with selected quotes from a variety of primary sources that are included on critical websites. |
*The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''October 2, 2012''' | *The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on '''October 2, 2012''' | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Conclusion"
FAIR and these unofficial apologists have done more to destroy my testimony than any anti-Mormon source ever could.
—"A Letter to a CES Director," April 2013
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).
—The author of "A Letter to a CES Director" said on April 30, 2013
- "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"