Just read the 100-page hit piece on Dehlin . . .

[_Kishkumen]

I had a brief post on this review in the wake of the initial breaking of the news on the Dehlin hit piece. If you are at all interested in my reading of Smith on Compton, have a look.

[_Darth J]

In other words, you haven't read Smith's essay, and your lobbing Molotov cocktails at him sight unseen.

Standard stuff here.

Preach it, Droopy! Can you believe that some people on this board go around lobbing Molotov cocktails at unseen targets?

[_the narrator]

Gerald Bradford read the article in its entirety before pulling it.

The General Authority who gave the cancellation order read portions of it beforehand.

Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or misinformed.

The above is true. Also, the reason why DCP was dismissed by email is because he skipped out on a scheduled meeting with Bradford and wouldn't return phone calls before his vacation.

Of course, DCP will probably accuse me of lying when 'someone tells him about this post from an apostate board that he never reads.'

[_Kevin Graham]

Wait a second, haven't Dan and Bill been preaching relentlessly that NO ONE has read the hit piece, including the GA and Bradford?

[_3sheets2thewind]

Wait a second, haven't Dan and Bill been preaching relentlessly that NO ONE has read the hit piece, including the GA and Bradford?

The following, I believe, addresses your question.

[_beastie]

The above is true. Also, the reason why DCP was dismissed by email is because he skipped out on a scheduled meeting with Bradford and wouldn't return phone calls before his vacation.

Of course, DCP will probably accuse me of lying when 'someone tells him about this post from an apostate board that he never reads.'

Wow. DCP has been extremely dishonest about this event.

[_Kishkumen]

The above is true. Also, the reason why DCP was dismissed by email is because he skipped out on a scheduled meeting with Bradford and wouldn't return phone calls before his vacation.

Of course, DCP will probably accuse me of lying when 'someone tells him about this post from an apostate board that he never reads.'

If Bradford did in fact read the entire Dehlin article, and DCP did skip out on a meeting with his boss and wasn't returning his boss' calls, then it is no surprise that he got removed from his position as editor. It would also be an astonishing collection of lies and half-truths that he has perpetrated to make Bradford look bad.

[_Kevin Graham]

Anyone have a valid account at MAD to post this new information?

I'm sure it will drive them up the walls, at least until the mods remove it.

I was always skeptical of Hamblin and Peterson's claim that NO ONE had read the piece. It made no sense to me. Bradford was clearly in a position to read it if he wanted to.

[_Kevin Graham]

MsJack, I hope you're keeping up with this stuff. A new undated timeline of how things transpired would be great about now.

[_MsJack]

Also, the reason why DCP was dismissed by email is because he skipped out on a scheduled meeting with Bradford and wouldn't return phone calls before his vacation.

This is what I heard as well.

Rather problematic for the whole "cowardly firing by e-mail" narrative.