I don't know how many of you subscribe to FAIR's free internet monthly newsletter, or even care about the issues it addresses, but here's their December 2002 newsletter. There's a link in there to an excellent article that addresses the Tom Murphy affair. Mr. Murphy has been portrayed as an intellectual whose membership is in danger because of what he has written as a scholar. The facts are quite different; an obscure academic (he teaches at a community college in a department with only one full-time member -- himself) his work was actually commissioned by an anti-Mormon group for publication in one of their periodicals, he was paid for this, and he also misrepresents LDS doctrine. The press has portrayed him as a "devout Mormon" when in fact he disengaged from Church activity in 1993 -- by his own admission.
FAIR is the Foundation for Apologetics Information and Research, an unofficial group that publishes material to counter anti-Mormon claims. It has no connection to the Church and this should be kept in mind. -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.” – Lord Chesterfield Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
