JST: Restoring the original text, inspired commentary, or what?

[Rob Bowman]

Charles,

You wrote:

I actually thought you were sincerely interested in what we thought about the JST.

I am. I am sincerely interested to know how you explain the JST, because it is important to establish what explanation or explanations are on the table before trying to answer them. Please don't pretend that you thought I was clueless about the JST and considering adopting it as my go-to version for my own personal Bible study.

You wrote:

Can you believe it?! What a fool I was!

I'm tempted to agree with you, but I think this is pure rhetorical excess.

You wrote:

Won't happen again. We can expect a fierce attack from you on anything that we post here, and to be prepared for a an argument on every point, regardless of how friendly your post appears on the surface.

This is ridiculous. Polite disagreement is not "a fierce attack." The fierce attacks have all been coming at me from you and other Mormons here, not from me against you. I have been accused of dishonesty, bigotry, etc., etc., and told to go "pound sand" (among other things). You can expect me to disagree with you on matters where evangelical and LDS beliefs conflict, but I have not been "attacking" you, let alone attacking you "fiercely."