D. Michael Quinn: Twenty years later

[Maureen]

I know some of the posters here do not care for the Salt Lake Tribune, but here is an article about D. Michael Quinn. I enjoyed reading it.

Noted historian still believes in Mormonism, but now as an outsider | The Salt Lake Tribune

M.

Edited September 29, 2013 by Maureen

[bytebear]

The problem with his authorship is that he reads his own agenda into all of his conclusions.

[Maureen]

The problem with his authorship is that he reads his own agenda into all of his conclusions.

In your opinion? :)

M.

[bytebear]

In your opinion? :)

M.

He believes that brotherly sealings, common during the time of Smith, were homosexual marriages.

[pam]

Also the Salt Lake Tribulation will take advantage of any opportunity to turn something negative when it involves the church.

[Just_A_Guy]

Yeah, I've also noticed that he tends to read sources a certain way. Frankly, he did it when he was writing stuff orthodox Mormons agreed with, too--we just didn't care back then.

I always get a kick out of the critics who assume Quinn must be unbiased because he is/was a Mormon. Given the guy's personal life, I think the last thing he wants is for people to believe that Benson/Hunter/Hinckley/Monson are messengers of God--regardless of what he claims to believe about the restoration narrative.

[Maureen]

Also the Salt Lake Tribulation will take advantage of any opportunity to turn something negative when it involves the church.

That may be, but there is also the chance that you read into their message as negative when it's possible that it's just information.

M.

[Maureen]

...I think the last thing he wants is for people to believe that Benson/Hunter/Hinckley/Monson are messengers of God....

Only Mr. Quinn can answer that, but he does say in the article that he does acknowledge them as human.

M.

[pam]

That may be, but there is also the chance that you read into their message as negative when it's possible that it's just information.

M.

I was talking in generalities and not this specific article. It's the way they usually are when it comes to anything LDS.

[Vort]

I feel very bad for Brother Quinn. But his situation is largely of his own making, and until he humbles himself and repents, he will not find what he claims to want.

[Just_A_Guy]

That may be, but there is also the chance that you read into their message as negative when it's possible that it's just information.

M.

Sure. And there's also "a chance" that the Deseret News chose not to run this article merely because they didn't think it was newsworthy.

But I doubt it.

We really do ourselves a disservice when we perpetuate the myth of an unbiased news media.

[john doe]

That may be, but there is also the chance that you read into their message as negative when it's possible that it's just information.

M.

The SL Trib caters to its readership. Reading the comments section after an article can give you a pretty good idea of who its readers are. The Trib was started as an anti-LDS alternative to the Deseret News, and while some of its reporting of facts are accurate, the slant they give those facts is aimed to foment reactions from its readership. Without bothering to read the article, let me guess: 90% of the comments direct anger toward some aspect of the LDS Church. Am I right?