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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Quotes on Academia by Boyd K. Packer. Apostle of the LDS Church former head of church History and education
I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys.
Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
Faithful History: Essays On Writing Mormon History,
Some things that are true are not very useful.
[H]istorians who are Latter-day Saints write history as they were taught in graduate school, rather than as Mormons...That is not scholarship.
(secular) History can be as misleading as gossip
Teaching some things that are true, prematurely or at the wrong time, can invite sorrow and heartbreak.
The Lord made it very clear that some things are to be taught selectively, .
Those who have carefully purged their work of any religious faith in the name of academic freedom or so-called honesty ought not expect to be accommodated in their researches.
“The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect,” Boyd K. Packer. 1981
LenHazell53
Level 9
June 14, 2018
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There is good reason to be concerned that Nixey goes too far in what she says about early Christianity [historyforatheists.com], even Richard Carrier doesn't go this far in his dissertation [amazon.com]. Just fyi.
But still Christianity did no help to the advancement of knowledge.
Rhetoric
Level 7
June 13, 2018
0
In ancient Alexandria, Christians burned the greatest library in ancient times and murdered a Greek philosopher, Hypatia, by stripping her naked and attacking her with either roof tiles or oyster shells (translation?).
EdEarl
Level 8
June 13, 2018
3
Carl Sagan called her the first martyr for science.
While I have no love for Christians, in Alexandria it was the Roman that burned the libraries in Alexandria, before they were Christians. Julius Ceaser, not a fan of prototype Christians (they called themselves Jews then( and hated all Jews because they would not worship him. He, a Pagan, who wanted people to worship him, burnt the libraries of Alexandria.
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