It's impossible to see this latest action as anything other than an attempt to "stick it" to Bokovoy. It was Bokovoy's recent criticism of an Interpreter article that resulted in Jeff Lindsey having to issue a correction, for heaven's sake. And let's face it: Dr. Peterson is a vindictive person who carries grudges. His reservations/antipathy towards Bokovoy go way back.
Reverend, you mentioned this:
The Rev wrote:I don't know what David's friendship with DCP was like, but I know they were friends for quite a while and that they remained friends after BYU froze David out from employment at BYU.
That may have been true--superficially or not. I know that DCP was talking smack about Bokovoy behind his back at that time. You may recall that there was a lot of chatter/worry about the fact that Bokovoy had gone off to study under David Wright, and Dr. Peterson had said more than once that he was "concerned" about Bokovoy's "spiritual health." Maybe that's the worry of a genuine friend, but then again, maybe it's the suspicion of a Mopologist who's always got his guard up.
Meanwhile, yes: there have been spats here and there, such as the back-and-forth criticism with Hamblin, and that sort of thing. But I bet DCP is *really* angry at Bokovoy over his Mormon Stories interview, where he stated that Dr. Peterson was receiving something like half his salary from the "new" Maxwell Institute. Nothing angers Dr. Peterson more--and nothing triggers his impulse to tell falsehoods--like commentary about his earnings.
My point is that this was a clear, passive-aggressive attempt to "stick it" to Bokovoy. As for Adam Ford's comment, sure, I agree with it. But this tidbit:
Adam Ford wrote:This is another example of how Mormonism (an obedience mindset) stunts ethical growth (a love mindset).
Was seriously misguided. Just look at how Dr. Peterson ridicules this:
DCP wrote:Let me speak for everybody else here in saying how very honored we are, and how profoundly moved, that you have condescended to come here and model The Love Mindset for us.
I'll treasure this for years to come.
This sort of thing never goes well for the simple reason that the Mopologists don't care about "love" or "being Christlike" or anything of that nature. The just don't. The Jesus that they worship is the whip-brandishing Jesus who chased the moneychangers out of the temple. Good luck finding anything in their corpus of works that promotes Christ-like behavior, kindness, or "The Love Mindset."
"If, while hoping that everybody else will be honest and so forth, I can personally prosper through unethical and immoral acts without being detected and without risk, why should I not?." --Daniel Peterson, 6/4/14