50 Questions for Mormons

[luckyme]

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Nah, we just went to different schools. I was taught that the questioners motives don't affect the question, and to merely attack their motive was a form of ad hominem.


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Sounds like you were taught to be "suckered in". You may want to re-think your education in this matter.

Stu

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Suckered in by reading a question and thinking about the answer? rather than wondering, "does the questioner hate girls?, or is he trying to bug hortense, or some other xyz?"

I agree those may be interesting questions on their own at times, but irrelevant if the original question is a good probe. Questions "are Swedes taller than the Welsh" may be motivated by fear or love of Swedes or the Welsh, but if it raises my interest why should I care what his motive is... hmmmm, which are taller?

It's a more valuable skill to weigh the argument as presented rather than trying to blame my lack of agreement or inability to form a decent challenge on "oh, he's just trying to pisss me off". That seems a way to sucker yourself in by dismissing tough questions because of concerns over the questioners motive rather than the issue raised by the question itself.

luckyme