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Radio Free Mormon

Radio Free Mormon: 157: Bad Apologetics

Radio Free Mormon

Mormon Discussion Inc

Religion & Spirituality

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

RFM gives a workshop in identifying and dismantling bad apologetics, using the Adam-God Theory as a classic example!

Transcript

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And the Testing one, two three, testing one, two one two three this is radio free Mormon on the air

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broadcasting behind enemy lines tonight's episode bad apologetics now there are a lot of bad apologetics that go on

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in the LDS church. Believe me I know I've studied them pretty much all of them

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during that period of time when I was a Mormon apologist.

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And frankly, it was the discovery that a lot of the apologetics that were being used and

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that I used myself were bad

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apologetics.

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that led me when I say bad apologetics. Well, that is a broad category and it can cover a number of things.

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First off, it can cover apologetics where the argument is fallacious, where it does not

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lead logically to the desired conclusion. It can also involve apologetics that may give a good answer

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to the question immediately before you, but have taken another step or two,

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and extended to its logical conclusion ends up having absurd results.

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But probably the worst kind of apologetics is the one that is false, not true, that contradicts the evidence and in fact is designed to keep the listener from finding out the truth about the subject.

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Why on earth would an apologist want to keep a listener from finding out the truth about

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a subject?

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Well obviously because the truth about the subject does not help the position of the

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apologist or the LDS church. Instead it harm. the about tonight's

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are bad apologetics as they relate to the Adam God theory.

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But before I get to tonight's subject,

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I want to make a couple of announcements.

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First off, I want to thank everybody who has made a donation

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to Radio Free Mormon. The way I have things

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