Who is "Mr. Scratch"?

Post by **_Coggins7** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:31 pm

Time to turn the spotlight on you, "Mr. Scatch". The noble defender of all things anti-Mormon. One thing I have noticed about "Mr.Scatch" is that he's not very well informed about Mormonism in general and I've been surprised at some of the things he's been ignorant of. My hypothesis, at this stage, is that "Scratch" may never have been a Mormon at all, but someone who has closely followed Mormonism for many years, and like all of his other lies and exaggerations he's feeding this line about wanting to "reform Mormonism" from the perspective of an outsider who hates "Mormon absolutism", indeed, all things Mormon.

I've noticed this regarding Scratch for quite sometime, and he's taken me to task for it more than once (once even telling me that he was JUST AS MUCH A Mormon AS I!).

I'm just wondering Ray, if you've noticed the same thing about our lovely Harmony, Temple recommend and all?

Post by **_Coggins7** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:37 pm

Because you don't write with a poisoned pen. At least I know you have a Ph.D, like marijuana, are a former practising Mormon, have a sense of humour, and your avatar doesn't look like some stern, dour prosecutor. Does "Scratch" even have a sense of humour? Maybe Bond needs to tutor him.

I would have never guessed Dude has a Ph.D, not from most of his posts. Tarski yes, Dude, no. As to Scratch, the avatar has always looked to me more like "smug, self satisfied aging leftist hippie" than "sour prosecutor", but, to each his own.

Post by **_Coggins7** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:49 pm

And what do I know from reading Scratch's posts? What DCP eats. Who whispered what to whom. Who got banned from MAD, etc.. When asked for more details about what he believes, his reply is that he prefers not to say. Why? So others can't attack him. We know nothing about this Chief Prosecutor, Dude.

Well, let's see. We do no he is a very strong cultural and political leftist, strongly supportive of homosexual marriage, radical feminist ideology, multiculturalist ideology, official government race based discrimination, and has some affinity for postmodern social theory.

Although he claims to be a Mormon, he considers the Book of Mormon to be a concoction of Joseph Smith's imagination. He considers Joseph Smith guilty of virtually every crime and debauchery E.D. Howe or any other 19th or 20th Century anti-Mormon bigot ever accused him of. He considers GBH and most or all other GAs to be pious, hypocritical frauds. He believes that the SCMC
spys upon, stalks, taps the phones of, and even plots the assassinaiton of, people like him (otherwise known as paranoia).

He is obsessed with personal hatreds and vendettas, particularly against certain MAD posters and Church scholars (DCP is to him what Darth Vader is to Luke Skywalker).

He is not particularly well read or educated, but puts up a great show of being so.

Are we getting warmer?

Post by **_Coggins7** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:52 pm

He is an active Mormon who questions a lot of Church policies (like many of us here).

Then why, like Harmony, does he not understand some basic aspects of Church doctrine and organization?

He is well-read.

Nonsense.

He has a graduate degree, but I'm not sure what the topic is.

And why then, pray tell, are they a big secret (anyone who thinks the Temple ceremonies are secret should try pulling these alleged degrees out of Scratch).

Post by **_silentkid** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:52 pm

Coggins7 wrote:(DCP is to him what Darth Vader is to Luke Skywalker)

His father?

Post by **_Coggins7** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:56 pm

No (obviously...SHEEEEESH!)

Evil and darkness personified

Post by **_Blixa** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:00 pm

Coggins7 wrote:No (obviously...SHEEEEESH!)

Evil and darkness personified

Which was, as it turned out, his father.

_Yoda · Post by **_Yoda** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:14 am

Coggins wrote:Then why, like Harmony, does he not understand some basic aspects of Church doctrine and organization?

What has he gotten wrong? You specified basic aspects of Church doctrine and organization. From a basic standpoint, Scratch has been on target. Now, I admit, some of his speculations regarding the SCMC have been a little "out there", in my opinion, but I don't really know much about that off-shoot of the Church, and I wouldn't consider it part of "basic" Church organization.

As far as Harmony goes, she has an extensive knowledge of both Church doctrine and organization. Show me a post where she hasn't been spot-on. I'm not talking about her personal interpretations. I'm talking about her knowledge of Church doctrine and organizations.

Post by **_harmony** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:33 am

Coggins7 wrote:... like Harmony...

Loran, your obsession with me is becoming embarrassing. That's twice in one thread, a thread dedicated to another fine poster on this board, that you've dragged me into a conversation where I was not a participant and not the subject. You're edging closer and closer to the borderline between interested and obsessed. Back away from the edge, Loran. Harmony is not an object for obsessed fantasy.

Post by **_Coggins7** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:05 am

What has he gotten wrong? You specified basic aspects of Church doctrine and organization. From a basic standpoint, Scratch has been on target. Now, I admit, some of his speculations regarding the SCMC have been a little "out there", in my opinion, but I don't really know much about that off-shoot of the Church, and I wouldn't consider it part of "basic" Church organization.

As far as Harmony goes, she has an extensive knowledge of both Church doctrine and organization. Show me a post where she hasn't been spot-on. I'm not talking about her personal interpretations. I'm talking about her knowledge of Church doctrine and organizations.

I'm sorry, but he consistently gets core, basic doctrinal concepts wrong. I could post numerous examples of this but I'm not doing the research on the threads to do it. Next time he does it, however, I'll point it out to you.