Todd Compton's defense against FAIR

[MikeWaters]

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/7207/rev.html

I read most of the Anderson/Faulring critique of In Sacred Loneliness. And read a lot of Compton's response here.

Maybe IndyCoug is right. Defense of integrity and truth IS boring. For moral people, it seems like a stupid argument to make. It's a "duh" argument. It's a defense of the probability that the sun will rise tomorrow. I think it's funny (and telling) that this kind of defense has to be made in our culture. And it's also funny (and sad) that people who make this defense are considered the wayward Mormons (by people like Tex and IndyCoug).

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by grapevine

I'm no fan of Compton. He writes for sunstone gives symposiums at Dialogue. Is a Democrat first before he is a mormon gave a talk defending being lds and democrat why not say same things for Republican party. And was fighting church involvement in Prop 8. I am no fan of his. I am not his bishop or sp but wonder how someone like him can be in good standing with his ideas.

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[Sleeping in EQ]

Originally Posted by grapevine

I'm no fan of Compton. He writes for sunstone gives symposiums at Dialogue. Is a Democrat first before he is a mormon gave a talk defending being lds and democrat why not say same things for Republican party. And was fighting church involvement in Prop 8. I am no fan of his. I am not his bishop or sp but wonder how someone like him can be in good standing with his ideas.

Awesome.

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

Awesome.

grapevine's post reminds me of a comp on my mission who received two audio tapes from his mom and was more excited about the one that had one of the presidential debates on it than of the one that had general conference. And to add more context, we had no access to GC in Holland in the 80s except for an hour long tape of it they would show during sacrament meeting one Sunday several weeks delayed. We might get the Ensign a month or two after that if the office elders remembered to bring enough to zone conference. So getting a tape of it only a week afterwards was kind of a big deal. Of course, he was a republican first mormon, so that's not as bad, right?

[CardiacCoug]

Originally Posted by grapevine

I'm no fan of Compton. He writes for sunstone gives symposiums at Dialogue. Is a Democrat first before he is a mormon gave a talk defending being lds and democrat why not say same things for Republican party. And was fighting church involvement in Prop 8. I am no fan of his. I am not his bishop or sp but wonder how someone like him can be in good standing with his ideas.

Great post.