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|claim= | |claim=After quoting comments from Elder Quentin Cook and Elder Dieter Uchtdorf related to the use of online information, the author responds, "Who cares whether you received the information from a stranger, television, book, magazine, comic book, napkin, and even the scary internet? They’re all mediums or conduits of information. It’s the information itself, its accuracy, and its relevance that you need to focus on and be concerned with. | ||
With all this talk from General Authorities against the scary internet and daring to be balanced by looking at what both defenders and critics are saying about the Church, it is as if questioning and researching and doubting is now the new pornography." | |||
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*According to the quote by Elder Uchtdorf that appears ''just prior to the author's statement'', it doesn't matter by what medium you receive information: "it is always good to keep in mind just because something is ''printed on paper, appears on the internet, is frequently repeated or has a powerful group of followers'' doesn’t make it true." Elder Uchtdorf is ''not'' telling members to avoid things that "appear on the internet" any more than he is telling them to avoid "printed paper." He has, in fact, precisely answered the question that the author asked ''after'' the author presented Elder Uchtdorf's quote. | |||
*Elder Cook is talking about the ''type'' of internet materials one looks at: "Some have immersed themselves in internet materials that ''magnify, exaggerate, and in some cases invent shortcomings of early Church leaders.''" Once again, this is not an admonition by Elder Cook to avoid the "scary internet." | |||
*The author employs hyperbole (the "scary internet") to make it seem as if Elder's Cook and Uchtdorf are telling Church members to avoid using the internet. He has missed the point of their comments entirely. | |||
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|claim= | |claim=The author claims that, "Under [Elder Quentin] Cook’s counsel, FAIR and unofficial LDS apologetic websites are anti-Mormon sources that should be avoided. Not only do they introduce to Mormons “internet materials that magnify, exaggerate, and in some cases invent shortcoming of early Church leaders” but they provide many ridiculous answers with logical fallacies and omissions while leaving members confused and hanging with a bizarre version of Mormonism." | ||
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*Read the author's statement carefully: The author commits the logical fallacy of "Appeal to Ridicule," which, according to Wikipedia, is "is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or in any way humorous, to the specific end of a foregone conclusion that the argument lacks any substance which would merit consideration." ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule Wikipedia entry]'' | |||
*FAIR does not "magnify, exaggerate" or "invent shortcomings of early Church leaders." | |||
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