Malline:CriticalWork:Southerton:Losing:Repeat:Apologists not official

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  • The author wishes to discredit anything he labels "apologetic" (i.e., any work that might contest his naive and ill-informed reading of LDS scripture). He does not engage their arguments, but uses a variety of tactics to avoid or dismiss them.
  • The author sometimes claims that "apologetic" answers are not endorsed or promoted by the Church (allowing him to suggest that either such answers don't count because they aren't "official," or such answers are radical and therefore ultimately unacceptable—and the Church knows it.
The work repeats itself on p. 185-186, 202., and 205.
  • Yet, the author knows that this claim is false, since he cites Jeff Lindsay on p. 185-186. Lindsay is an "apologist," and his work is cited by the Church's official website.
  • There are also other examples of the Church using "apologetic" responses in a formal way.
  • Apologetics