All you mormons out there please check out the Southpark episode on Mormons, it shows an accurate description of the life of Joseph Smith and is actually respectful to the religion too.
This begins the fallacy, by assuming that you have information others don't. It's best phrased as a question, "have you seen...?" Of course, it also declares that the episode's depiction is accurate, as if we can't judge that for ourselves. This is also best phrased as a question, "Is this accurate...?". In not doing so, you suggest an underlying assumption that we are in need of an accurate description and have trouble judging for ourselves.
This episode does provide a valuable service, that it shows how absurd our beliefs are TO OUTSIDERS. This is something many LDS are in need of, but your offer is ambiguous to the point of destroying credibility.
When seeing it in this way, you will notice how silly it is to believe all of what Smith said, i promise it is not offensive, and does not lie about the book of Mormon not even once.
This continues the fallacy, by telling us what we will notice. It's usually better to tell people what YOU noticed.
But if you are not confident in what you believe, then i would say to stay clear, because some uncomfortable to truths will reveal themselves.
The icing on the cake, the coup de grace on the fallacy. The power of your special information has yet to be determined, and you are presumptuous in saying it has the power to shake a person's convictions. Assuming (as you have) that we haven't seen it, you are in fact in the testing stage, finding out people's reactions to the episode.
Apex was merely pointing out a fallacy, not insulting you. You caution us as to how we receive criticism, but you need to take your own advice: Apex was pointing out an error, in the hopes of helping you improve. If you can't accept that, that's your problem.
On another note i would just like to ask, what is all that stuff about homosexuals basically being preached straight?
That deserves its own thread, but I'll just say now that this is a terrible overgeneralization. First, we don't believe that preaching can turn a homosexual straight. Second, we don't tell homosexuals that they need to be straight.
Members of our church make covenants to circumscribe certain sexual desires. Homosexuals outside the church are not part of this covenant. We may share with others the joys that this covenant has brought us, and invite them to make a similar covenant, but if they choose not to do so, that's their business.
If we're going to really get into this, I think it needs to go in another thread.
