RE: [AML] Beck, Leaving the Saints

Thom Duncan replies to:

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>com] On Behalf Of Marianne Hales Harding
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>>past maybe the high-level things. We shouldn't expect Beck's
>>experiences to "be" the way the Church really is, but neither
>should we
>>discount it because it doesn't jibe with our own experience.
>
>Well then how is a person to judge whether or not someone is a
>reliable narrator?

Why do we have to, unless the book proclaims itself as THE definitive book
on such-and-such. When John Sorenson writes a book on Book of Mormon
geography, I'm going to expect serious research (that I can duplicate if I
chose). When a person writes a personal memoir, I'm really not expecting to
read anything other than their own experiences.

>(loved that being pointed out in the Sunstone review) then I
>do reserve the right to say, "Hey, that doesn't jibe with my
>experience."

Which doesn't in anyway invalidate Martha's experience. Both your and her
experiences are equally valid.

Thom