====================================================================== THE FAIR JOURNAL October 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologetics: The branch of theology that is concerned with defending or proving the truth of Christian doctrines. (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000.) INSIDE THE JOURNAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. Scott Gordon comments on Califonia's Proposition 8, which deals with the issue of same sex marriage. * FAIR FUNDRAISING. If you would like to help FAIR in its work to provide "well-documented answers to criticisms of LDS (Mormon) doctrine, belief and practice," we encourage you to contribute through the FAIR web site. * NEW ON THE WEBSITE: FAIR has added responses to additional sections of the "DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography" DVD. * NEW ON THE WEBSITE: "Mormon's Editorial Method and Meta-Message." Brant Gardner's 2008 FAIR Conference presentation is now available on the FAIR website. * RESOURCES ON THE WEB: "A letter to a friend: Joseph Smith polygamy." J. Stapley blogged on helping people understand difficult historical issues. * ASK THE APOLOGIST. Got a question you are dying to ask? Here's how. * FAIR TOPICAL GUIDE. The Topical Guide on the FAIR Web site is one of the most popular resources offered. Learn what is available and help us expand our references. * FAIR WIKI. The FAIR Wiki is an excellent resource for someone looking for a summary of an issue and for pointers to more detailed information. Links to many new and changed articles are included in this issue. * FAIR YOUTUBE VIDEOS. FAIR has had a presence on youtube.com for several months and new video clips are added frequently. * FAIR LDS BOOKSTORE. Check out the FAIR Bookstore's monthly specials. * ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS. Interested in writing for FAIR? Learn how you can have your apologetics work published. * PUBLISHING NOTES. Learn how you can become more involved in FAIR and how you can reuse the material we publish. * FAIR JOURNAL ARCHIVES. All of the FAIR Journal issues since October 2001 are on the FAIR web site. [Read more...] about The FAIR Journal — October 2008
News from FAIR
Talk by President Boyd K. Packer goes viral
In the last week FAIR has received an increasing number of queries about the supposed transcript of a talk given by President Boyd K. Packer in the Forest Bend Ward on 12 October 2008.
We have been in touch with Church Public Affairs about this matter. Here are the facts:
[Read more…] about Talk by President Boyd K. Packer goes viral
FAIR conference day 2 – open thread
This is an open thread for participants and streaming listeners to comment on FAIR conference presentations on Friday, 8 August 2008.
Today’s speaker lineup:
- Ron Esplin (“The Joseph Smith Papers”)
- Matthew Brown (“The Israelite Temple and the Early Christians”)
- Newell Bringhurst and Craig Foster (“The White Horse Prophecy: Myth vs. Reality”)
- Scott Gordon (“Online Apologetics”)
- Brian Hauglid (“The Book of Abraham”)
- Brant Gardner (“Second Witness: The Book of Mormon”)
- Daniel Peterson (“Humble Apologetics”)
We look forward to your comments!
FAIR conference day 1 – open thread
This is an open thread for participants and streaming listeners to comment on FAIR conference presentations on Thursday, 7 August 2008.
Today’s speaker lineup:
- Mike Ash (“Shaken Faith Syndrome”)
- Mark Wright (“The Book of Mormon and Mesoamerica”)
- Margaret Young and Darius Gray (“Nobody Knows, the Untold Story of Black Mormons”)
- Brian Birch, Blake Ostler, and James Faulconer (“Philosophy and Mormonism”)
- Jeffrey Bradshaw (“The Message of the Joseph Smith Translation: A Walk in the Garden”)
- Larry Poulsen (“Book of Mormon Geography”)
- Ugo Perego (“Joseph Smith’s DNA Revealed: New Clues from the Prophet’s Genes”)
We look forward to your comments!
FAIR and Sunstone
Saturday’s article by Lynn Arave in the Deseret News highlights some of the presentations at this week’s FAIR Conference and Sunstone Symposium.
Some people have noticed that this year FAIR and Sunstone are running conferences on overlapping dates. We’ve received a few queries about that, asking if we did it on purpose. (Cue maniacally evil laugh: Buu-WAH-hah-hah-hah-hah!)
The FAIR Journal: July 2008
====================================================================== THE FAIR JOURNAL July 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologetics: The branch of theology that is concerned with defending or proving the truth of Christian doctrines. (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000.) INSIDE THE JOURNAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. The 2008 FAIR Annual Conference is only a week away, and this year FAIR plans to offer streaming audio access for most of the Conference. * FAIR FUNDRAISING. If you would like to help FAIR in its work to provide "well-documented answers to criticisms of LDS (Mormon) doctrine, belief and practice," we encourage you to contribute through the FAIR web site. * NEW ON THE WEBSITE: Michael Ash has written a new article dealing with anti-Mormon argument pertaining to horses being mentioned in the Book of Mormon. * RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Meridian Magazine published an article by John Tvedtnes that discusses non-LDS scholars' use of the Book of Mormon. * RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Meridian Magazine published a summary of the FAIR resources relating to suicide rates in Utah and the critics' use of in attacking The Church of Jesus Christ. * RESOURCES ON THE WEB: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has created a new web site to respond to questions about polygamy. * RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Biology professor Steven Peck blogs on why the Lamanite DNA issue is irrelevant to the Book of Mormon claims. * ASK THE APOLOGIST. Got a question you are dying to ask? Here's how. * FAIR TOPICAL GUIDE. The Topical Guide on the FAIR Web site is one of the most popular resources offered. Learn what is available and help us expand our references. * FAIR WIKI. The FAIR Wiki is an excellent resource for someone looking for a summary of an issue and for pointers to more detailed information. Links to many new and changed articles are included in this issue. * FAIR YOUTUBE VIDEOS. FAIR has had a presence on youtube.com for several months and new video clips are added frequently. * FAIR LDS BOOKSTORE. Visit the FAIR Bookstore at the FAIR Conference to build your apologetic library. * ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS. Interested in writing for FAIR? Learn how you can have your apologetics work published. * PUBLISHING NOTES. Learn how you can become more involved in FAIR and how you can reuse the material we publish. * FAIR JOURNAL ARCHIVES. All of the FAIR Journal issues since October 2001 are on the FAIR web site.
FAIR conference countdown
The 2008 FAIR conference is less than two weeks away!
Today (Friday, 25 July) is the last day to pre-register and have a box lunch included with your conference ticket.
Online pre-registration ends Saturday, 2 August. After that, tickets will be available at the door, based on available seating.
We’ll be liveblogging the conference from this site, so if you’re attending and you have a laptop, please bring it. We’ll have free wireless Internet access available.
If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below, or send an email to mparker (AT) fairlds (DOT) org.
Advice from a Nobel Prize Winner
Much has been said in the last few days about FAIR’s publication of our concerns regarding Rod Meldrum’s scientific and theologic errors in the Book of Mormon DVD he is selling. As more material appears, doubtless more will be said.
I had the opportunity to spend several hours reviewing the material. As I did so, I found one over-riding error that is probably responsible for 95% of the other errors which I found. [Read more…] about Advice from a Nobel Prize Winner
FAIR Conference Dates Announced
FAIR has announced the dates for the 2008 FAIR Conference. It will be held August 7th and 8th at South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah.
This is the tenth year for the FAIR Conference, and every one gets a bit better and bigger than the year before. The speaker lineup has not been announced, but is being finalized. (FAIR does take serious suggestions for speakers and topics, by the way.)
Additional information, as it becomes available, will be on the FAIR Conference page.
New FAIR videos on our YouTube site
We’ve recently posted some new videos to our YouTube channel, including clips from forthcoming FAIR productions, Hugh Nibley talks, and previous FAIR Conference talks.
If you haven’t seen our YouTube channel (or haven’t seen it lately), please take a look!
The more ratings, comments, and subscriptions we have, the closer to the top we’ll be when someone does a genereal search for words like “Mormon”. So please leave a comment and rate them!
