Apparently Dan got offended because a previous post on this blog discussed one of his articles and the origins of the Interpreter.
Dan's awesome. He's a long-time faithful Latter-day Saint, a wonderful person, a talented scholar, etc. with a devoted following. Most of what he writes is great. He could be even more productive if he was open to faithful interpretations of Church history and the Book of Mormon other than M2C and SITH.
His reputation for taking offense is legendary, however, and it detracts from his overall message.
Years ago, Marion D. Hanks observed,
It is reported that President Brigham Young once said that he who takes offense when no offense was intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense was intended is usually a fool.
Similar sayings are attributed to the usual quote sources such as Socrates and Confucius. I haven't seen it attributed to Einstein yet.
It's good advice for everyone regardless of who said it.
To be clear, the issue was you hijacked the language of the temple endowment to compare him to Satan. You do not have the moral high ground in this situation.
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