Doctor Scratch wrote:Markk helpfully provided a link on his current thread to this blog posting, which, I've come to learn, has actually been blowing up (some 70+ comments) over the course of the past few days, such that it's achieved a kind of "meltdown" quality, replete with DCP censoring posters and writing new comments over the censored remarks. But this posting was especially fascinating:
DCP wrote:I think it absolutely clear that the director of the Maxwell Institute, and two or three others now involved in the Maxwell Institute, engineered a coup because they didn’t like my approach. (I was, essentially, the last of the early leaders of FARMS, the forerunner of the Maxwell Institute, to be purged. The plan was deftly executed over a lengthy period of time.)
The General Authorities had nothing to do with it. Nor, so far as I can tell, did the Internet or message boards.
I think that the plotters didn’t expect me to resign as director of advancement (fundraising). They simply wanted me out as editor of the Review. I concluded, however, that I could not — as either a practical or an ethical matter — raise money for a redefined Maxwell Institute.
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First of all, it's not at all true that the GAs weren't up-to-speed on what was happening at the Maxwell Institute. Dr. Peterson simply isn't telling the truth when he claims that "The General Authorities had nothing to do with it." They may not have directly pulled the plug; they may not have put anything in writing, but it just isn't accurate--not at all, not by a long shot--to claim that they had "nothing to do with it."
Second, it's interesting that he describes this as a "coup" that was executed by newcomers to the MI. Check this out:
http://maxwellinstitute.BYU.edu/about/a ... ration.phpNotice anything different? I do. Two (arguably three) names seem new:
1) Joe Bonyata, the "Director of Publications"
2) Carl Griffin, "Director of Operations"
and (3) John Gee, who is now listed as in a special research capacity.
So, were Bonyata and Griffin involved in the "coup"? It's tough to say. I rather suspect that Kristen Heal and Paul Hoskisson had something to do with this, based on things that Bill Hamblin wrote in his blog. Further, I believe both Hoskisson and Heal have ties to the Religious Education department, and as we know, these folks aren't exactly on friendly terms with the Mopologists.
Interesting to see more pieces of the puzzle, in any case.