▁he ' s ▁got ▁a ▁printing ▁press . ▁In ▁its ▁continu ing ▁assault ▁upon ▁traditional ▁M orm on ism , ▁Sign ature ▁Books ▁prom otes ▁with ▁its ▁recent ▁and ▁dub iously ▁titled ▁work , ▁The ▁Word ▁of ▁God , ▁... natural istic ▁assumptions ... in ▁dealing ▁with ▁L atter - day ▁Saint ▁belief ." ▁Sign ature ▁Books ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁sch ol ars ▁who ▁participated ▁in ▁New ▁Appro aches ▁considered ▁themselves ▁active ▁and ▁particip ating ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁L DS ▁faith . ▁The ▁F AR MS ▁review ers , ▁for ▁their ▁part , ▁considered ▁these ▁authors ▁to ▁be ▁oppon ents ▁to ▁the ▁L DS ▁tradition . ▁Sign ature ▁management ▁made ▁an ▁inqu iry ▁with ▁the ▁F AR MS ▁management , ▁holding ▁that ▁such ▁infer ences ▁were ▁ins ult ing ▁and ▁could ▁be ▁considered ▁lib el ous . ▁Sign ature ▁then ▁requested ▁a ▁retra ction . ▁ ▁Daniel ▁C . ▁Pet erson , ▁an ▁L DS ▁scholar ▁and ▁member ▁of ▁F AR MS , ▁published ▁a ▁response ▁in ▁various ▁newsp apers ▁in ▁Ut ah . ▁In ▁his ▁response , ▁he ▁stated ▁that ▁" Sign ature ▁Books ▁and ▁George ▁D . ▁Smith ▁seem ... to ▁have ▁a ▁clear ▁( if ▁un ad m itted ) ▁ag enda , ▁an ▁ag enda ▁that ▁is ▁often ▁host ile ▁to ▁cent r ally ▁important ▁belief s ▁of ▁The ▁Church ▁of ▁Jesus ▁Christ ▁of ▁L atter - day ▁Sain ts ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Sign ature ▁Books ▁posted ▁on ▁its