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"There's plenty of information out there about Mormon doctrine, history, and rituals. If someone wants it badly enough, they'll find it. Why do you have to be the one to show the way?"
It's an interesting suggestion you make. In response, let me sketch out an analogous situation.
As you say, there's plenty of information out there about Mormon doctrine, history, and rituals. Countless resources are available to those interested in learning more about the LDS Church, perhaps with an eye toward joining. No one can say the word isn't freely available.
And yet the Mormons spend untold millions every year to disseminate their message far and wide. They produce slick radio and television ads to promote the Mormon image and message. They offer free promotional videotapes. They keep a ridiculous number of copies of the Book of Mormon in print, in 102 different languages, and maintain a sales force of 60,000 missionaries at any given time, trudging door to door peddling the LDS worldview all around the globe.
Given that incredible expenditure of time, money, and energy, it's clear the Mormons aren't content just to sit back and let interested parties dig up information about the church at their own leisure. So what makes it reasonable to expect those with differing opinions to adhere to a lesser standard?
Look, as long as the church engages in its full-bore media blitz, you have to expect the opposition to do the same thing. To complain when we do is just crying wolf, a distraction from the real issue—that you want the right to say whatever you like without giving us the same opportunity. Well, I'm not buying it.
Here, I'll make you a promise. If the church will call home all its missionaries and stop its advertising campaigns, I'll take down this site. I guarantee it. How's that for fair?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
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