Comments on: “The Science of Anti-Mormon Suckerology”: Parley P. Pratt and Early Mormon Apologetics

By: The Science of Anti-Mormon Suckerology « The Contrarian Mormon

The Science of Anti-Mormon Suckerology « The Contrarian Mormon — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:15:01 +0000

[...] the Juvenile Instructor, Christopher’s discovery of Parley P. Pratt’s [...]

By: Juvenile Instructor » Turning the World Upside Down: Baconian Logic, Scottish Common-Sense Realism, and Parley Pratt

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:12:09 +0000

[...] than Parley P. Pratt, and his Nauvoo-era pamphlets are as revealing as they are entertaining (see here for an example). In his pamphlet “The Regeneration and Eternal Duration of Matter,” for [...]

By: Will Bagley

Will Bagley — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:45:39 +0000

Scoundrel’s Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers (Spokane, Washington: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1999) notes that the 10 May 1845 issue of The Prophet “contained an interesting look at ‘The Science of Anti-Mormon Suckerology—Its Learned Terms, and their Significance.’”

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:57:20 +0000

No need, Yrag; avoidance is always the best remedy!

but thanks for asking.

By: Yrag

Yrag — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:29:54 +0000

Ben – You’re a little harsh with FARMS aren’t you? Can I send you an antacid?

By: smb

smb — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:30:14 +0000

Jack Mormon referred to Mormon sympathizers in the pre-Utah period. I’ve seen it in the Missouri period. Gradually it morphed into non-practicing Mormon in the Utah period, probably in the pejorative sense of “you’re no more a Mormon than these non-Mormons who hang about sympathetically.” I’d be interested if the Utah period people know when that change occurred.

By: Kent Larsen

Kent Larsen — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:20:15 +0000

What is particularly interesting to me is the inclusion of the term "Jack Mormon." I had no idea that it had come into use so early!! I'll have to reference this in Mormon Terms entry on "Jack Mormon."

By: manaen

manaen — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:46:49 +0000

Thanks for this — new for me.
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A PPP quip I enjoy is his response to one of the triune creeds he’s just cited in “Key to the Science of Theology”
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It is painful for the mind to be compelled to admit that such wonderful inconsistencies could exist in any human thought or language.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:57:00 +0000

Here's another word for the list: mobocrat. First column of page 114 in the 1899 Latter Day Saints Southern Star; for example:

...as soon as the mobocrats discovered that the Elders were armed and befriended by many of the people and were prepared for the attack, they became intimidated and skulked away.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:34:26 +0000

Thanks everyone for the responses. I’m glad that Pratt was able to provide us all with a humorous mid-week diversion.