I like Rod, he is a nice guy (to me at least), and I like him. But what would you prefer FAIR do? Say there was a member of your congregation/ward who did not have the expertise to speak on ancient Hebrew inscriptions, had no formal training, but taught all over the US something about these Hebrew inscriptions that were blatently wrong. And on top of that, said the doctors of Hebrew were wrong and leading the Church astray and insinuating if one prays, they will get the confirmation that his ideas are correct. This person also was making A LOT of money off of his ideas (that were not true, but many people were buying it). What would you do different than what FAIR did?
I think FAIR did a great job. Some member were personally attacked by Meldrum numerous times, but did not make a public spectacle of it to platform their position. They didn't get offended and did everything they could to get him back. No. They behaved like both scholars and gentlemen. They spoke with him over 3 months ago expaining what they were doing and brought up concerns with his video, and gave him plenty of time to make changes before a 200 page review was released. Meldrum continued to take jabs at FAIR in that time, but they were patient. After not hearing from him within this time period about what he was going to change, they released only a 100 page document that brings into question the many methods he used, the data he used, and the context, to show that his material is not what it seems to be. It paints a completely different picture than what is actually fact.
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