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The problem with that view, is that most are not simply "church critics", they are anti-mormon. Church critic is for the respectful person who simply disagrees with LDS theology, etc. Anti-mormon however is appropriately for the person who bears false witness, misrepresents, portray's the Church in a immoral non-respectful fashion etc. So, to dignify an anti-mormon with the term "critic" is disengenous. Trying to make everyone your friend does not mean you compromise on truth or values. Even Christ couldn't make everyone understand him correctly, he and the apostles still classified people according to their behavior and attitudes appropriately. Calling someone a critic is not going to change their behavior and attitudes. You can be respectful as appropriate in other ways, but, anti-mormon is an appropriate term to describe such people. They are the ones that need to change if it is offensive to them, not us.

Not to bring politics in it, but just an observation from experience. This is exactly like Liberalism.... Dealing with both on a daily basis, it never ceases to cause me wonder how both are exactly alike, in their bearing false witness, misrepresentation of leadership, conservatives, in it's supposed "careing", but not careing enough to help the Iraqi's be stable, etc. It's the paradigm of the darkside.