Come on Mormon Studies Collection community price!!!!

Man, is it really that there just aren't very many people who want this or what? Maybe it's just really expensive to produce? It's been out for awhile and hasn't even made it to 20%. This is a great resource collection. We need some more bidders on it. To get something like this for $30 would be amazing.

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Ben

It's all public domain stuff, and linking in this case is not going to add much value. Shrug.

George Somsel

Man, is it really that there just aren't very many people who want this or what? Maybe it's just really expensive to produce? It's been out for awhile and hasn't even made it to 20%. This is a great resource collection. We need some more bidders on it. To get something like this for $30 would be amazing.

Perhaps we have some insecure participants in the forum who are afraid they might be converted if they read these works. If that is their problem, I think they do indeed have a problem. I should think they would want to learn about the faith of their next President.

http://www.logos.com/product/16021/mormon-studies-collection

Ben

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/372634#Comment_372634

" I should think they would want to learn about the faith of their next President."

If that's the case, these resources are even more irrelevant. JD has little to do with the day-to-day faith of Mormons. To draw a parallel, you won't learn much about Santorum's decision-making day-to-day faith by reading old obscure Catholic preaching. They're useful as a historical reference, but again, they're in public domain.

Robert Wazlavek

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/372623#Comment_372623

Perhaps we have some insecure participants in the forum who are afraid they might be converted if they read these works. If that is their problem, I think they do indeed have a problem. I should think they would want to learn about the faith of their next President.

http://www.logos.com/product/16021/mormon-studies-collection

Thanks for posting the link. I had forgotten to.

It's all public domain stuff, and linking in this case is not going to add much value. Shrug.

True, it is public domain. And the work that Logos would do in linking resources, etc, may or may not add very much value. For these reasons, the collection very well may not be worth $100 (to most people). However, the linking plus simply having easy access to the collection in a single place where they can be compared to a number of other resources as well easily makes this collection worth something. $30 isn't a steep price in my opinion, but of course, that's just my opinion. I mean think about the other options. One might find a website that contains all of the same resources and more in a single place. But it would be without any linking. A person would have to open a number of individual tabs or windows with their web browser that would doubtfully be comparable to the flow and use of the tab system within Logos software. A person would have a more difficult time comparing these resources that may be in one place online to other resources that may or may not be public domain. And on top of that, other useful features of Logos, like the "Information" tab, couldn't be used in conjunction with the resources online. It's for benefits like these that would make paying a measly sum for the Mormon Studies Collection worth it.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/372667#Comment_372667

Also true. Plus sitting alongside Dan Sill Creek, JD matters.

Robert Wazlavek

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/372667#Comment_372667

" I should think they would want to learn about the faith of their next President."

If that's the case, these resources are even more irrelevant. JD has little to do with the day-to-day faith of Mormons. To draw a parallel, you won't learn much about Santorum's decision-making day-to-day faith by reading old obscure Catholic preaching. They're useful as a historical reference, but again, they're in public domain.

In terms of understanding our "next President" himself, yeah, they wouldn't mean much. However, to have a professing Mormon president would very likely increase Mormon pride and overall activity. Just consider what would happen among Evangelicals if one of us became president. It would be a big deal to us. Same for Muslims. And same for the Mormons. Because of the increased activity, chances for witness would probably increase as well. Therefore, learning about the faith of our potential next president would definitely be useful.

Philana Crouch

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/373129#Comment_373129

I've been in and hope they get into publication. I would be interested in seeing why they have arrived at some of their doctrines.

Jack Caviness

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/373129#Comment_373129

Just consider what would happen among Evangelicals if one of us became president.

The SBC did experience a growth spurt in 1976-77, but then… [:D]

Ronald Quick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/373265#Comment_373265

I too am waiting for this resource. I'd thought it would move quicker through CP and into production. I'm guessing that it will take a lot of bids to cover the cost.

Ronald Quick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/372623#Comment_372623

It's all public domain stuff, and linking in this case is not going to add much value.

Even though I already have these documents in another format, I still want them in Logos. Having all my resources in one program works very well for me.

Robert Wazlavek

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/373412#Comment_373412

Yeah, it is a pretty large resource. And $30 is pretty cheap. Hopefully more people will see the value in it and bid though.

Mark O'Hearn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/373417#Comment_373417

To answer the question posted earlier, I suspect there are a number of “scared
Christians” who would rather "Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom
and instruction and understanding."

Interestingly, in order to better identify counterfeit money experts do not spend
more time handling false currency but handling what is true; it is then that
the false can be easily identified.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Mormonism, since their theology
is as valid as anyone else's here at this theologically neutral forum.

Regards

Robert Wazlavek

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/373462#Comment_373462

To answer the question posted earlier, I suspect there are a number of “scared
Christians” who would rather "Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom
and instruction and understanding."

Interestingly, in order to better identify counterfeit money experts do not spend
more time handling false currency but handling what is true; it is then that
the false can be easily identified.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Mormonism, since their theology
is as valid as anyone else's here at this theologically neutral forum.

Regards

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Am I missing something? I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at... with anything that you just said... nor the relevance of most of what you just contributed to the thread.

And just for reference, the validity of theology is not based on where the theology is presented. This could be a Mormon forum, in which case their theology would still be no more valid here. Truth is what makes particular beliefs about God (i.e. theology) "valid" or not. But I have no interest in debating these things here. So that's all I have to say about that.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/373472#Comment_373472

Robert, hang in there. A lot of times CPs just need a 'champion' to keep them moving up the charts. I'm not sure I understand the flack; the set's mainly historical, just as we also have historical resources for many other groups. Indeed I'm just chomping at the bit for the Samaritan OT english/hebrew volume to be released in July (Erhmann's).

We do appreciate your enthusiasm.