by Scott Gordon on July 31st, 2008
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THE FAIR JOURNAL July 2008
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The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research
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Apologetics: The branch of theology that is concerned with
defending or proving the truth of Christian doctrines. (The
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition, 2000.)
INSIDE THE JOURNAL
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* MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. The 2008 FAIR Annual Conference is
only a week away, and this year FAIR plans to offer streaming
audio access for most of the Conference.
* FAIR FUNDRAISING. If you would like to help FAIR in its work to
provide "well-documented answers to criticisms of LDS (Mormon)
doctrine, belief and practice," we encourage you to contribute
through the FAIR web site.
* NEW ON THE WEBSITE: Michael Ash has written a new article dealing
with anti-Mormon argument pertaining to horses being mentioned in
the Book of Mormon.
* RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Meridian Magazine published an article by
John Tvedtnes that discusses non-LDS scholars' use of the Book of
Mormon.
* RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Meridian Magazine published a summary of the
FAIR resources relating to suicide rates in Utah and the critics'
use of in attacking The Church of Jesus Christ.
* RESOURCES ON THE WEB: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints has created a new web site to respond to questions about
polygamy.
* RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Biology professor Steven Peck blogs on why
the Lamanite DNA issue is irrelevant to the Book of Mormon claims.
* ASK THE APOLOGIST. Got a question you are dying to ask? Here's
how.
* FAIR TOPICAL GUIDE. The Topical Guide on the FAIR Web site is one
of the most popular resources offered. Learn what is available and
help us expand our references.
* FAIR WIKI. The FAIR Wiki is an excellent resource for someone
looking for a summary of an issue and for pointers to more
detailed information. Links to many new and changed articles are
included in this issue.
* FAIR YOUTUBE VIDEOS. FAIR has had a presence on youtube.com for
several months and new video clips are added frequently.
* FAIR LDS BOOKSTORE. Visit the FAIR Bookstore at the FAIR
Conference to build your apologetic library.
* ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS. Interested in writing for FAIR? Learn how you
can have your apologetics work published.
* PUBLISHING NOTES. Learn how you can become more involved in FAIR
and how you can reuse the material we publish.
* FAIR JOURNAL ARCHIVES. All of the FAIR Journal issues since
October 2001 are on the FAIR web site.
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