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| 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''. | ||
|honest='''Believers not being honest'''—Critics imply that if you do not accept their view, that you are "intellectually dishonest." | |honest='''Believers not being honest'''—Critics imply that if you do not accept their view, that you are "intellectually dishonest." | ||
+ | |misunderstand='''Misunderstanding'''—The critic either genuinely misunderstands an issue or feigns confusion, and then disputes his or her misunderstanding as if it were accurate. | ||
|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. |
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