candygal wrote:I am wondering what his former students are thinking now. Quite an impressive past and they would esteem him as a great influence on their lives. This must have shook some people up.
Not to mention the missionaries during his mission presidency.
“When we are confronted with evidence that challenges our deeply held beliefs we are more likely to reframe the evidence than we are to alter our beliefs. We simply invent new reasons, new justifications, new explanations. Sometimes we ignore the evidence altogether.” (Mathew Syed 'Black Box Thinking')
"I know there are a lot of people that have been re-baptized," Snuffer told 2News. "I know that there are people that are blogging in the Boise area and talking about meetings that are taking place up there and fellowships that are forming."
But the church denies last weekend’s meeting came in response to any of that. Eric Hawkins, church spokesman, told 2News in a statement, "Elder Oaks was not scheduled for an assignment that weekend so decided to use his free time to visit an area with a concentration of members, knowing that some members have questions from time to time that trouble them." Snuffer doesn't know what role -- if any -- he played.
After the audio of this meeting was posted online, it sparked a lot of discussion on blogs and other sites. Many speculated Snuffer and others like him were the reason for this meeting. Snuffer told 2News traffic to his website has spiked since the Boise gathering.
But the church insists that's not the case, and that Oaks simply saw the opportunity to visit Boise to teach important doctrines of the church.
Looks like the PowerPoint shows Brother Hawkins, under instruction of the FP, told a bit of a whopper....
“When we are confronted with evidence that challenges our deeply held beliefs we are more likely to reframe the evidence than we are to alter our beliefs. We simply invent new reasons, new justifications, new explanations. Sometimes we ignore the evidence altogether.” (Mathew Syed 'Black Box Thinking')
"I have to say I'm a little skeptical of this release. Call me a cynic or whatever, but I'm wondering about the authenticity of this release."
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