Created: 11 February 2009
Last Updated: 07 August 2009
Last Updated: 07 August 2009
In this entry, we see this statement: “As a gesture of goodwill, that troublesome document [Joseph Smith III Blessing], rather than being suppressed or destroyed, was publicly given to the Reorganized Church.”
I call this the fallacy of a viable option. The false implication is that suppressing or destroying the document was a viable option. The genie was out of the bottle and could not be placed back in. All the Church could do was damage control, a gesture of goodwill. Consequently, Hinckley bought and suppressed the next document Hofmann offered, the Stowell Forgery, avoiding a repeat for the moment.
This statement: “The truth about the Hofmann documents was revealed, but not in the way critics demand.”, appears to be Mormanity’s way of saying that documents are eventually made available. This like saying Obama appointees pay their taxes (eventually and only after they have been caught).
I modified the following
ReplyDelete"All the Church could do was damage control, a gesture of goodwill. The entire incident is what led Hinckley to avoid a repeat. Consequently, Hinckley bought and suppressed the next document Hofmann offered, the Stowell Forgery."
to
"All the Church could do was damage control, a gesture of goodwill. Consequently, Hinckley bought and suppressed the next document Hofmann offered, the Stowell Forgery, avoiding a repeat for the moment."
it says the same thing, but in a more neutral manner.