Schryver has made his terms reasonable. The ball is in Metcalfe's court. Why hasn't he accepted?
What about my terms Simon? Are they not reasonable? Will won't debate Metcalfe unless he can establish a home court advantage. Will won't go to Washington where Brent lives, even though Brent takes care of his children and works 50+ hours a week. No, Will thinks that by demanding Brent travel to Utah and take time out of his schedule to debate a proven liar and moron, that he is being brave by "raising stakes."
And you forget that Metcalfe
did accept Will's challenge, but then Schryver had to implement so many conditions to make sure it would never happen. He is scared to death of Metcalfe and every time they cross paths online Metcalfe makes him look like the idiot he really is. And what about the fact that Schryver refuses to accept Metcalfe's terms? Who is this idiot named Will Schryver who gets to make all the demands and is required to accept none? Only in the obscure corner of online Mormonmania does anyone think Wilbur is anyone of consequence. But the evidence proves he is a liar and a dispicable character and many notable LDS folk are distancing themselves from his stupidity already, so why should Metcalfe feel inclined to bow down to his every demand as if he were some kind of heavy hitter? He can't even debate anyone on the forums, especially me. He runs from me ever time I challenge him. And keep in mind that Metcalfe has been having intelligent, productive exchanges with Brian Hauglid for the past few years in private correspondence. What a terrible downgrade it would be to drop all of that to entertain the ego of a moron like Wilbur who thinks everyone unwilling to engage in his pet theories, are simply outside the cutting edge of Book of Abraham scholarship. Unless we're willing to let Will lead us by the nose down these stupid bunny trails, then according to him we aren't up-to-date on the subject. As if he is or ever was in any position to make such declarations as an authority. He's done nothing on the subject except try to reinvent the issue by telling critics what we're supposed to be arguing, which are generally straw men. He fabricates left field theories that are designed from a "conclusion first" basis, which then relies on a creative and deceptive mindset to shove all evidence into those models. This is only impressive to those on his intellectual level (idiots like wade), those who need to believe he is on to something because their own testimony hangs in the balance.
You're talking about someone who has been talking for literally a quarter century of the "forthcoming" publication of his definitive analysis of the Kirtland Egyptian Papers. And still we're waiting.
Of course this is another lie Will likes to throw out there as if it somehow helps him look less dumb. He just lied by saying he never ran from my challenge, but then I proved him wrong. He is also lying by pretending the "we" includes him. Four years ago Will didn't even know what the KEP were and now he wants to pretend he is among the LDS who have been dealing with this matter for several decades?? LOL!
He has no integrity. He is only interested in lying for the Lord to deceive as many gullible Mormon fence straddlers he can. And from what I can tell, Brent only entertained the idea of a publication about a eight years ago, and the riff raff from LDS apologetics that immediately ensued from the hoopla, along with a dramatic change of climate in his personal life, along with the procrastination of contributing scholars, all have prolonged it.
