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Posted by: theuchtdorf ( )
Date: January 23, 2011 08:04PM
Found it - Here's the fallacy I was looking for:

Thank you to all who contributed.

Specifically to The Man in Black:

I was looking for the word "parallelomania."

Defined as:

"the over use or improper use of parallels in the exposition of a text."

Here is some more information:

"In Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, one researcher, Douglas F. Salmon, alleged that Mormon scholars' work in drawing parallels between the Book of Mormon and other sources fits this classification.[94] Salmon notes:

There has been an exegetical trend during the last several decades to draw endless parallels to text from the ancient Near East and beyond in an attempt to validate the writings in the Book of Mormon and Pearl of Great Price. The pioneer and leader in this effort has been the great LDS scholar Hugh Nibley. In recent years the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) has continued this legacy. The number of parallels that Nibley has been able to uncover from amazingly disparate and arcane sources is truly staggering. Unfortunately, there seems to be a neglect of any methodological reflection or articulation in this endeavor"

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Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi ( )
Date: January 23, 2011 10:11PM
This is not the fallacy you're looking for. nt (n/t)


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Posted by: The Man in Black ( )
Date: January 23, 2011 10:16PM
This is not the fallacy I'm looking for... (n/t)


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Posted by: think4u ( )
Date: January 23, 2011 10:16PM
Re: Found it - Here's the fallacy I was looking for:

What?

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