Demonstrating (Not Proving) A Lack Of Specialness

Created: 31 January 2009
Laste Updated: 31 January 2009

I am planning some blog entries on the Mark-Hofmann-Episode. One of Hofmann’s objectives was to demonstrate a lack of divine inspiration among the Mormon leadership. This is a common theme that the Apologists fail to understand. When critics point out statistics of depression, fraud, pornography consumption, bankruptcy, etc in Utah or “Happy Valley” (the Watasch front from Salt Lake to Provo) the critic is not necessarily trying to prove that Mormon’s are in worse shape than the rest of humanity. What the critic is correctly demonstrating is that the LDS claim of having a special access to the divine is hubris. The critic is demonstrating that neither Mormons nor the LDS leadership have anymore access to divinity than the rest of humanity.