by Scott Gordon on July 31st, 2008
======================================================================
THE FAIR JOURNAL July 2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
* 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.
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in News from FAIR | Comments Off
by Mike Parker on July 25th, 2008
The 2008 FAIR conference is less than two weeks away!
Today (Friday, 25 July) is the last day to pre-register and have a box lunch included with your conference ticket.
Online pre-registration ends Saturday, 2 August. After that, tickets will be available at the door, based on available seating.
We’ll be liveblogging the conference from this site, so if you’re attending and you have a laptop, please bring it. We’ll have free wireless Internet access available.
If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below, or send an email to mparker (AT) fairlds (DOT) org.
Posted in News from FAIR | 14 Comments »
by Greg Smith on July 6th, 2008
Much has been said in the last few days about FAIR’s publication of our concerns regarding Rod Meldrum’s scientific and theologic errors in the Book of Mormon DVD he is selling. As more material appears, doubtless more will be said.
I had the opportunity to spend several hours reviewing the material. As I did so, I found one over-riding error that is probably responsible for 95% of the other errors which I found. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Book of Mormon, News from FAIR | 9 Comments »
by Allen Wyatt on March 1st, 2008
FAIR has announced the dates for the 2008 FAIR Conference. It will be held August 7th and 8th at South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah.
This is the tenth year for the FAIR Conference, and every one gets a bit better and bigger than the year before. The speaker lineup has not been announced, but is being finalized. (FAIR does take serious suggestions for speakers and topics, by the way.)
Additional information, as it becomes available, will be on the FAIR Conference page.
Posted in News from FAIR | 5 Comments »
by Mike Parker on February 21st, 2008
We’ve recently posted some new videos to our YouTube channel, including clips from forthcoming FAIR productions, Hugh Nibley talks, and previous FAIR Conference talks.
If you haven’t seen our YouTube channel (or haven’t seen it lately), please take a look!
http://www.youtube.com/user/fairldsorg
The more ratings, comments, and subscriptions we have, the closer to the top we’ll be when someone does a genereal search for words like “Mormon”. So please leave a comment and rate them!
Posted in News from FAIR | 7 Comments »
