McKane wrote:I post the archeological, cultural, linguistic and dna evidence because its just that evidence. You guys ignore it like its not there. Who has their head in the sand its not me.
So you didn't see any of the posts where people discussed your evidence,
in specific, exhaustive detail? What I didn't see was you responding to any of those comments. And there were literally hundreds of comments responding to you, all the same, noting your bad links, your bad research, your use and mis-use of ancient references, your wrong interpretations of data. To NONE of these posts have you responded and defended your work and assumptions, except to re-post the same bad, identical link lists and unsupported assertions.
You were responded to identically here, on MD&D, on ldsfreedomforum, on reddit /exmormon, on reddit/Mormon, on Simon Southerton's blog site, on the Mormon Bandwagon site, on newordermormon.org, on mormonstories, on mormondiscussionspodcast.org, etc. etc. etc.
At what point do you realize that you are shopping around nonsense, and actually try to take a legitimate, academic approach to research?
Even Nemisis, at MD&D, has had enough:
Ok so over the past few years you've come to this site under 3 different usernames peddling the same wares. You have never been in it for a discussion, so what's your point in being here again? Are you seriously trying to discuss or are you just preaching?
Nemesis
http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/680 ... ze/?page=1
And here's an fascinating response to you from mormonstories:
RLeeG
January 29, 2016 at 12:54 pm
it feels strange to read posts like David’s now because I was once like David. I found some old ones on the internet, long ones, where I wrote up the greatest evidences I had to defend Mormonism. I thought they were great. Go ahead and prove me wrong, I thought. I am right. Look at this great scholarship I am referencing and discussing and studying.
Now I read those old posts and cringe in embarrassment. I realize now that those I was arguing with passionately were probably thinking, “Wow. Look at this guy. Hey guys, come read this guy’s crazy posts!” Cause when I go back and read them, that is what I am thinking. It’s almost like it must have been someone else. That couldn’t have been me.
David, your posts and references are not convincing. They are full of straw man arguments that attempt to completely deflect the focus away from why the Book of Mormon is not supported by any serious archeologists outside the LDS community. Not only that, but Clay has already explained that behind these, are a thousand other obstacles you have to pole vault and gymnastics your way around to make the church true. I did it. I deconstructed. Reconstructed. The nuanced constructs of faith I created would impress anyone. Then one day, I zoomed out and looked at what I had built and was like, WHAT!??!! Craziness. Sheer craziness. What I had built wasn’t even Mormonism any longer. It was just insanity. Dave, I am here to tell you that you have lost your mind. It’s okay. It happens to the best of us. Let it go man. It’s okay. Things will be alright if you just accept reality. You’ll feel better. You really will.
So David, you say you love to debate, but you refuse to actually do so. At this point, the only conclusion is that you are aware that you actually cannot legitimately support any of your research conclusions, so there is no point in trying.
The other, very real issue tapirrider has addressed multiple times:
One thing for sure, you aren't posting this with the intent of getting outside criticism and analysis to improve your research and correct your errors. No, you are simply posting it to preach your pseudo nonsense and to advocate your white supremacist doctrine. You do this in contradiction to the statements of the apostles and prophets of your church and if you are really on deployment to Afghanistan with the United States Army, your racist preaching is in violation of Department of Defense Instruction 1325.06.
