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derrida
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Date: January 30, 2011 07:00PM
What do you see as some to the tell-tale signs of an LDS apologist posting on this site? For sure, some trolls are just too obvious to bother with. But clearly, RFM represents a fun-to-poke hornets' nest if an apologist has his or her knickers in a knot and wants to test a theory or see what sort of reaction some idea will get. For example, I know that Van Hale has posted here before.
Also, RFM is a nice juicy place for LDS marketers to do market research (and that's pretty much all active Mormons, but I'm thinking of anyone hired by the church to develop ideas about how the church is received). My understanding is that the church hires a number of professionals to size up their social or demographic possibilities. I can see that the church would be interested to know why people left; their demographics (as much as that could be deteremined); their ways of coping with the stresses of trying to leave the organization; and so on. I remember hearing that men who converted in their late 30s or 40s were the most likely to not apostatize.
What gives apologists' posts here away? Or, what sort of posts do you imagine they might try here?
I'm also thinking of the old US OSS (forerunner of the CIA) WWII trick of exaggerating Japan's military successes by one-third, as a way to disrupt Japanese soldiers' morale.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2011 07:01PM by derrida.