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DEFINITIONS
ad hominem 1: appealing to a person's feelings or prejudices rather than his
intellect 2: marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an
answer to his contentions. Anti-Mormon
This term refers specifically to those who actively fight against the LDS Church,
even to the point of making a living by their activities or of persecution of the
Church and/or its members because of their beliefs.
Apologetics
1: systematic argumentative discourse in
defense (as of a doctrine) 2: a branch of theology devoted to the defense of the divine origin
and authority of Christianity.
Bigot
one obstinately or
intolerantly devoted to his own opinions or prejudices.
1Christian
1a : one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ b : (one):
disciple (two): a member of one of the Churches of Christ separating from the
Churches of Christ in 1906 (three): a member of the Christian denomination
having part in the union of the United Church of Christ concluded in 1961 2:
the hero in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Cult
1:
formal religious veneration: worship 2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also
: its body of adherents 3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious: also:
its body of adherents 4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its
promulgator 5a: great devotion to a person, idea, or thing: esp: such
devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: a usu. small circle of
persons united by devotion or allegiance to an artistic or intellectual movement
or figure -- cultic.
Scholar 1: one who
attends a school or studies under a teacher : Pupil 2a: one who has done
advanced study in a special field b: a learned person 3: a holder of
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