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| A FairMormon Analysis of Wikipedia: An analysis of Wikipedia article "First Vision" A work by a collaboration of authors (Link to Wikipedia article here)
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An analysis of Wikipedia article "First Vision"
"First Vision packs a lot more punch in a shorter amount of space..." Yes it does, John Foxe, because it is an anti-mormon tract written in the modern style. Today, the 'rant' of an older style tract would make most people's eyes roll, they wouldn't give it a moment's consideration. However, the First Vision article presents the anti-mormon POV in a scholarly tone. It criticizes without ever explicitly stating a criticism. It keeps certain things hidden in the dark. It is sly, sneaky, and underhanded. It reads like an anti-mormon tract written by Eddie Haskell after he went to graduate school. To use your own word John Foxe, it is 'foxey'.
Editor "74s181" (26 August 2007) off-site
The following sub-articles analyze sections of the Wikipedia "First Vision" article. We do not address the introductory section. The sections examined are the following: