08-04-2008, 08:03 PM | #1 |
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Anyone read the new Mtn. Meadows book yet?
I just ordered mine from Amazon. If I were landpoke, it'd be here in about 10 minutes. As it is, I'll get it by September I guess.
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/genera...=9780195160345 How does it stack up against Brooks and Bagley?
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And why do they entitle it the "Massacre at Mountain Meadows" when the name has always been the Mountain Meadows Massacre. It's as if they're trying to put a distinct mark on the event through a renaming. Seems presumptuous to me.
It's like saying, I wrote a book about the Boston Massacre and called it, "The Massacre at Boston." Silly.
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Some of those reviewers are heavyweights and Kathleen Flake usually doesn't abide obfuscation when it comes to Mormon issues.
I'll reserve judgment until I read it.
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You're becoming Aaron Shaf, friend.
This is the type of effort you should encourage, not deride. I look forward to reading to determine if it is unduly biased, but my sister has met personally with the authors, and was impressed with the honesty and true contrition. In fact, it was a meeting in Arkansas, where descendants of the Fanchers met with each the female author. Her initial meeting was not extremely friendly with some, but she broke down and cried, apologized profusely and proceeded to disabuse some of the misstatements originally promulgated by Church members about the Fanchers. Fences have begun to be mended now as in her speaking tours, members from that family attend and speak frankly about their experiences and feelings. The author also mentioned they had unfettered access to all available records and left no stone unturned to describe in painstaking detail what happened. You may feel free to disagree, but in this event, your skepticism appears to be misplaced.
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On one hand, you and others have argued the Church should apologize for stuff, and on the other you want an organization to allow itself to be lambasted publicly. Read the work first. Apparently you don't like positive reviews by anything LDS. How's that for bias? Work prepared by LDS employees can raise an eyebrow as to its sincerity, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. If SEIQ, Pelagius and Adam worked together you think they would not be able to produce an academically responsible and honest piece? I do.
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The mp3 of the authors' Radio West interview is up:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ku...CLE_ID=1331264 |
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