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Date: September 11, 2014 11:30AM Posted by:Date: September 11, 2014 11:30AM

I long ago learned that debating an issue with someone who has no knowledge of the subject at hand is a pointless exercise but for what it’s worth I’ll reply to a few of the points stumbling has made.



“Tom achieved notoriety amongst a minuscule number of UK Mormons as a fairly naive but bitter apostate with an axe to grind because he fell out with his family.”

Any notoriety Tom achieved among Mormons simply resulted in them proving what most people already know, that they suffer from cog. Dis. What Tom did get from this was the grateful thanks of thousands for having the courage to take on, with no help, a wealthy corporation whose main claim to fame is the ability to lie while keeping a straight face.



“The members paid for those lawyers. Tom's action cost the members £200k, you should remember that.”

Your right, the members did pay, they paid for an action brought against Thomas Monson personally and who, unlike Tom Phillips is a millionaire several times over. Why didn’t he, being such a Christian person pay for his own defence instead of taking money out of the members pockets?



“Quote me a fact, one metric or piece of data that supports a claim that what Tom did has had an impact on the Church.”

How about the provable impact on wavering members? I could name at least one in my own family for whom the court action was the last straw, multiply that by any number you like. Even one impacts on the cult in lost tithing revenue.



“How is getting the Church to expend £160,000 an impact on the Church when it receives £30,000,000 in donations each year from UK members?”

Make up your mind, in a previous post you complained about the money members had to cough up to pay for the defence now your talking as if the amount was so miniscule it’s of no consequence.

For your information the members don’t ‘donate’ anything, they have to hand over 10% of their income on pain of never seeing loved ones again. My goodness, you do talk some rubbish.



Finally

“Church operations will not be materially impacted as a result of anything Tom attempts to do”

Unlike you I happen to have a very good idea of what’s going on behind the scenes here in the UK so unless you’ve consulted a medium or have suddenly been given the gift of prophecy please don’t comment on things you know nothing about.