[Colofornian]

From apologist Peterson's FAIRLDS talk last August: ...notice how the 2012 Mission Statement of the Maxwell Institute reads, and contrast it with the one I quoted...from 2010:.....Gone is the language about “defend[ing] the Restoration”...

Do Mormons and others interested in this realize what a stark realization this is???!!! The so-called 'Restoration' -- the foundation of all things Mormon & heart of any Mormon missionary presentation -- is no longer defensible! If BYU (the Lds church) is no longer the ONLY 'game' in town, then there was no absolute apostasy -- only a historical partial one. Therefore, no jumpstart from scratch was need; therefore, the so-called 'restoration' was unnecessary...superflous.

The newer approach is simply: "Hey, we're 'Christians' and 'they [other sects] are Christians, too. Can't we just all 'get along'?"

The "Restoration" as worthy of defense has been washed by the wayside as of 2012!!!

[MeOnTheBeach]

"Gone is the language about “defend[ing] the Restoration"

"is no longer defensible"

This is really....bad logic. No... that's too timid. Let me try again...dumb as a box of hammers logic...

Its just the mission statement for a department at a college for crying out loud. *chuckle*

Your post makes it sound like the whole Mormon Church is packing it in. LOL!

I Googled it and the mission statement has just been simplified.

By furthering religious scholarship through the study of scripture and other texts, Brigham Young University’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship seeks to deepen understanding and nurture discipleship among Latter-day Saints while promoting mutual respect and goodwill among people of all faiths.

Looks like BYU considered Peterson to not be in harmony with their vision of church apologetics, so they replaced him. They considered his style to be "mean" and they are not interested in being "mean".